Institutionalized religious practice breeds prejudice while interiorized religion reduces it.

Evidence

Specifically, in The Nature of Prejudice Allport focused on two ways of being religious. One he called “institutionalized religion.” An individual religious in this way is primarily concerned with the political and social aspects of religious activities. This way of being religious, Allport claimed, is associated with increased prejudice. The other he called “interiorized religion.” An individual religious in this way has internalized his or her religious beliefs, is personally committed, and is devout. This way of being religious, he claimed, is associated with decreased prejudice. … These two ways of being religious, and their respective relations to a personal disposition toward rigid, conventional adherence to authority and institutional structure, as well as toward ethnocentrism and prejudice, closely paralleled the distinction in the classic authoritarian personality research between “neutralized” religion and “internalized” or “real” religion (Adorno, Frenkel-Brunswik, Levinson, & Sanford, 1950; see also Duckitt’s ch. 24 this volume). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2530

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the Adorno authoritarian personality research’s neutralized vs. internalized religion distinction, and anticipates later intrinsic/extrinsic religiosity research. — connects to: Implicit prejudice may decline when people internalize inclusive religious teachings autonomously rather than authoritariously. — Wade C. Rowatt and Lewis M. Franklin, Christian Orthodoxy, Religious…, 88
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2530