Intrinsic-extrinsic religion distinguishes subordinate from terminal ends

Evidence

By 1959, he had shifted from speaking of immature and mature religion to speaking of “extrinsic” and “intrinsic” religion (Allport, 1959). … We borrow from axiology the concept of extrinsic value and intrinsic value. The distinction helps us to separate churchgoers whose communal type of membership supports and serves other, nonreligious ends, from those for whom religion is an end in itself - a final, not instrumental, good. (Allport, 1966, p. 454, italics in original) Extrinsic religion involves using one’s religion as an instrumental means to the self-serving ends of gaining social status and personal security. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2533 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Extrinsic religion serves nonreligious ends while intrinsic religion is an end in itself — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2533; Batson reframed extrinsic and intrinsic religion as means and ends orientations — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2543; Allport borrowed the extrinsic-intrinsic value distinction from axiology for religion.

Broader Connections

• Extrinsic religion serves nonreligious ends while intrinsic religion is an end in itself #expands (0.96) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2533