Extrinsic and intrinsic religious orientations are independent dimensions, not opposing types

Evidence

It now seems clear, however, that these two scales tap two distinct dimensions of personal religion, each of which is a component of what Allport (1950) referred to as mature religion. Although it may be tempting to propose a typology in which individuals scoring high on both the Intrinsic and Quest scales would be typed as displaying mature religion, a typology once again seems inappropriate. Associations with prejudice seem best predicted by scores on one or the other of these scales, Intrinsic or Quest, not by a combination of the two. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2556

In sum, studies to date that have attempted to look at the relation between religion and prejudice while avoiding the reactivity of self-report measures of proscribed prejudice – either by assessing forms of prejudice that are not proscribed by respondents’ religious communities or by using covert measures of proscribed prejudice – suggest a more complex explanation of the religion-prejudice relationship than the one proposed by Allport. First, much research, starting with that of Allport and Ross (1967), suggests that an extrinsic, means orientation to religion and an intrinsic, end orientation are not the polar opposites or distinct types that Allport had assumed. Instead, they are independent dimensions of personal religion. Second, in addition to these two there is at least a third dimension to being religious, as an open-ended quest. There may, of course, be more than three dimensions. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2552

Doubts has also been cast on Allport’s bipolar extrinsic–intrinsic model of ways of being religious. This model ran into problems early on, when Allport and Ross (1967) found that the extrinsic and intrinsic scales were not measuring opposite ends of the same continuum, as had been assumed, but defined two independent dimensions of personal religion. Associations with prejudice could be due to either or both of the underlying independent dimensions. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2542

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the three-dimensional model of personal religion: extrinsic means-orientation, intrinsic end-orientation, and quest.
• corroborated: 4 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2556; John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2552; , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2542