Orthodox Christian belief predicts less implicit prejudice once authoritarianism is controlled

Evidence

The most important finding of this study, in our estimation, is that as agreement with orthodox Christian beliefs increases, implicit racial prejudice decreases when we control for the moderate positive influence of RWA on implicit racial prejudice and other important constructs (i.e., RF and social desirability). — Wade C. Rowatt and Lewis M. Franklin, Christian Orthodoxy, Religious…, 82

Categorization

• XREF: Core to the reader’s question about whether threat-hardened belief systems (RWA) drive bias while professed egalitarian/religious conviction may not, or may even oppose it. — connects to: Right-wing authoritarianism predicts racial prejudice but religious fundamentalism does not once controls are applied. — Wade C. Rowatt and Lewis M. Franklin, Christian Orthodoxy, Religious…, 24; Merely orthodox religious belief does not predict prejudice — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2081; Eastern religious primes reduce prejudice more than Western ones do — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 104
• QUESTION: Causal direction is asserted here (‘as agreement… increases… decreases’) but this is cross-sectional correlation, not demonstrated causation — worth chasing the study’s design.

Related

• Right-wing authoritarianism predicts racial prejudice but religious fundamentalism does not once controls are applied. (similarity 0.88)
• Merely orthodox religious belief does not predict prejudice (similarity 0.86)
• Religious fundamentalism predicts prejudice only through rightwing authoritarianism (similarity 0.86)
• Right-wing authoritarianism predicts religious orthodoxy across Judaism and Islam too (similarity 0.82)
• Religious fundamentalism correlates strongly with right-wing authoritarianism but barely with social dominance. (similarity 0.81)
• Implicit prejudice may decline when people internalize inclusive religious teachings autonomously rather than authoritariously. (similarity 0.81)
• Right-wing authoritarians and religious fundamentalists disproportionately express prejudice toward outgroups (similarity 0.80)
• Religious fundamentalism’s link to aggression is explained entirely by authoritarianism (similarity 0.80)
• Wade C. Rowatt and Lewis M. Franklin — Christian Orthodoxy, Religious Fundamentalism, and Right-Wing Authoritarianism as Predictors of Implicit Racial Prejudice (similarity 0.80)
• Authoritarian Christians believe every orthodox Christian doctrine more than nonauthoritarians do (similarity 0.79)
• Religiosity does not moderate fear of atheists the way it moderates racial views (similarity 0.79)
• Right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation are the strongest individual-difference predictors of prejudice. (similarity 0.78)
• Right-wing authoritarianism predicts racial prejudice as a conventional outlet for aggression (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Merely orthodox religious belief does not predict prejudice #corroborates (0.92) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2081