Intergroup identification plus conventional life values, not doctrine, drive religious racism.

Evidence

Our account of the relation between religiosity and racism highlighted the broader motives and values that guide these two sets of beliefs. Specifically, the intergroup dynamics established by religious identification along with conventional life values appeared to drive religious racism. — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 86

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Directly extends the ‘Grafting’ or enemy-construction theme: if identification and conventional values drive out-group bias, then group solidarity is sustained by boundary-identity, not by the content of the creed — mirrors the reader’s manufactured-enemy hypothesis.
• XREF: connects to: Strong religious identification predicts derogation of out-group members rather than anti-prejudice conviction. — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 11; Religious conviction type rather than strength predicts measured racism — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 42; Religious racism stems from group identification and conformity values, not theology itself. — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 76 (+8 more)

Related

• Religious racism stems from group identification and conformity values, not theology itself. (similarity 0.94)
• Strong religious identification predicts derogation of out-group members rather than anti-prejudice conviction. (similarity 0.86)
• Extrinsic religiosity correlates with racism through social conformity, not personal values. (similarity 0.85)
• Religion fuels prejudice against value-violating groups but restrains prejudice against racial groups. (similarity 0.84)
• Religious group solidarity organizes others into outgroups by identity (similarity 0.84)
• Conservative values partly mediate the link between religiosity and racism (similarity 0.82)
• Religious conviction type rather than strength predicts measured racism (similarity 0.81)
• Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood — Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A Meta-Analytic Review of Religious Racism (similarity 0.80)
• Religiously motivated prosociality targets in-groups and racism targets outgroups (similarity 0.79)
• Religiosity branches into conformity-based and benevolence-based motive clusters with distinct social effects. (similarity 0.78)
• Religious identification operates through importance, deference, commitment, and superiority. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Extrinsic religiosity correlates with racism through social conformity, not personal values. #corroborates (0.90) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 18
• Religious participation, not belief, drives support for intergroup conflict #corroborates (0.80)
• Religion fuels prejudice against value-violating groups but restrains prejudice against racial groups. #expands (0.75) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 17