Intrinsic religion reflects in-group conformity, not reduced prejudice

Evidence

Apparently, those scoring high on measures of intrinsic religion are less likely to report prejudicial attitudes when their religion tells them that they should not, but they are more likely to report prejudicial attitudes when these attitudes are permitted or encouraged by their religion. Only the quest dimension showed evidence of a negative relation to prejudices that were not proscribed by one’s religious community (see Batson et al. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2548

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: This is the chapter’s central paradigm shift — decades of ‘religiosity reduces prejudice’ findings collapse into ‘religiosity follows the in-group’s prejudice norms’.
• SEED: Article angle: the measurement artifact that fooled a half-century of psychology — how asking about the ‘wrong’ prejudice made conformists look tolerant.
• XREF: connects to: Religiosity correlates with inclusive attitudes despite reinforcing its own boundaries — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 372; Religiosity branches into conformity-based and benevolence-based motive clusters with distinct social effects. — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 8; 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 (+3 more)