Extrinsic religiosity raises prejudice only toward groups one’s religion condemns

Evidence

The extrinsic, means dimension tends to be related to increased prejudice on both overt and covert measures, but only if the prejudice in question is proscribed, as is racial prejudice by mainstream religion in the US today. This dimension is not clearly associated with forms of prejudice not proscribed by one’s religious community. The quest dimension tends to be related to decreased prejudice on both overt and covert measures of prejudice, both when the prejudice is proscribed and not proscribed. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2553

Categorization

• QUESTION: The quest dimension reliably lowering prejudice across both proscribed and non-proscribed forms is a distinct finding — worth chasing down what ‘quest’ religiosity consists of.
• XREF: connects to: Religion fosters prejudice via intergroup bias, meaning-making threat, and authoritarianism. — Alexandra Snell, Miron Zuckerman, and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 5