Intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity are independent dimensions, not polar opposites.

Evidence

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. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2552

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the independent-dimensions framing that replaced Allport’s bipolar intrinsic-extrinsic typology.