Migrants turn to religious reasoning where a broader labor critique is absent.

Evidence

Although religion does provide a complete worldview and prescribed behaviors for members, members will not always ascribe every religious belief or prescribed behavior nor will they all be important or central to the self. American Catholics, for example, tend to be more liberal on average regarding birth control, divorce, and other issues than the main Roman Catholic Church. So, while American Catholics benefit from belonging to the world’s Catholic community and evaluate the self based on assimilation to the group and shared qualities, they also benefit from the distinction between themselves and the main church. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 917 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Labor migrants use religion, not race or class, to frame ethical positions.; Conversion to world religions enables migrants to escape kinship-bound trust for negotiated association. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2437; Religious justifications for subordination were recycled across successive immigrant groups (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Religious members selectively adopt beliefs, keeping distinction within belonging #complicates (0.73) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 917