Intrinsic religiosity tracks whatever prejudice one’s religion endorses, for or against.

Evidence

In this research, the patterns of association with nonproscribed prejudices for the extrinsic/means and the intrinsic/end dimensions exactly reverse the patterns for extrinsic versus intrinsic religion found in the earlier studies that relied on self-report questionnaire measures of proscribed prejudices (e.g., racial prejudice in the US in the last half of the twentieth century). For nonproscribed prejudices, the extrinsic, means dimension showed no clear relation to prejudice; the intrinsic, end dimension showed a positive relation. 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. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2548

Categorization

• XREF: Connects directly to the vault’s existing prejudice-psychology claims on the religion-prejudice relationship and refines the prior consensus that intrinsic religion reduces prejudice.