Implicit prejudice may decline when people internalize inclusive religious teachings autonomously rather than authoritariously.

Evidence

We began this article by noting that overt acts of prejudice and discrimination appear to have declined in recent years but that subtle implicit prejudices are alive and well. As the etiology of implicit prejudices become better known and understood, models for implicit-prejudice reduction should be developed and implemented. One step in this process could be simply to make people more aware of the implicit prejudices they hold. Another integral step will likely involve allowing people to develop their own autonomous reasons for being less biased (Devine et al., 2002). Given the patterns in this study, it is possible that implicit prejudices could be reduced by autonomously internalizing inclusive Christian teachings and minimizing authoritarian processes. — Wade C. Rowatt and Lewis M. Franklin, Christian Orthodoxy, Religious…, 88

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to research on autonomous vs. controlled motivation (self-determination theory) and moral conviction backfire effects. — connects to: Intrinsic religious devotion may heighten rather than reduce prejudice through a sense of chosenness.; Institutionalized religious practice breeds prejudice while interiorized religion reduces it. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2530; Religion can either reinforce or reduce prejudice depending on its function. (+2 more)
• SEED: A seed for an article on whether self-directed reinterpretation of doctrine outperforms top-down religious authority for reducing bias.

Related

• Institutionalized religious practice breeds prejudice while interiorized religion reduces it. (similarity 0.86)
• Intrinsic religion reduces prejudice while extrinsic religion increases it across 32 studies. (similarity 0.82)
• Intrinsic religiosity suppresses only the specific prejudices a religion prohibits (similarity 0.82)
• Intrinsic religion reflects in-group conformity, not reduced prejudice (similarity 0.82)
• Intrinsic religion robustly predicts lower prejudice across 32 studies of religious activity (similarity 0.82)
• Self-reported religiosity may diverge from measures of implicit prejudice. (similarity 0.81)
• Orthodox Christian belief predicts less implicit prejudice once authoritarianism is controlled (similarity 0.81)
• Intrinsic religiosity tracks whatever prejudice one’s religion endorses, for or against. (similarity 0.80)
• Extrinsic religion correlates with higher prejudice than intrinsic religion across diverse measures (similarity 0.80)
• Religiosity’s link to prejudice depends on whether the prejudice is proscribed. (similarity 0.80)
• Religious intrinsic orientation tracks whatever attitudes one’s religion endorses (similarity 0.80)
• Eastern religious primes reduce prejudice more than Western ones do (similarity 0.79)
• Religious piety reduces overt but raises covert expressions of prejudice (similarity 0.79)
• Religious institutions can function as prejudice-reducing solutions, not just causes (similarity 0.79)
• Intrinsic religiosity tracks tolerance only on overt, community-proscribed measures (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Institutionalized religious practice breeds prejudice while interiorized religion reduces it. #expands (0.90) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2530
• Religion can either reinforce or reduce prejudice depending on its function. #expands (0.88)
• Intrinsic religious devotion may heighten rather than reduce prejudice through a sense of chosenness. #complicates (0.85)
• Major religions both reduce and increase prejudice depending on how they are practiced. #expands (0.85)
• Extrinsic religion is compatible with prejudice; intrinsic rules it out #corroborates (0.80)