Outgroup religious difference plus perceived value threat predicts fundamentalist prejudice

Evidence

Because most Americans are not of the Islamic faith (Kosmin & Keysar, 2008), and Islam has been perceived as an enemy to Judeo–Christian values (Gottschalk & Greenberg, 2008), the IS was expected to correlate positively with a measure of RF. — Sherman A. Lee, Chelsea A. Reid, Stephen D. Short, Jeffrey A. Gibbons, Ruth Yeh, and Matthew L. Campbell, Fear of Muslims, 35

Categorization

• QUESTION: The ‘perceived as an enemy’ premise is assumed rather than measured — worth asking how that perception itself is transmitted.
• XREF: connects to: Outgroup difference threatens the death-buffering worldview, driving defensive prejudice — Jeff Greenberg and Spee Kosloff, Terror Management Theory: Implications…, 29; Religion fosters prejudice via intergroup bias, meaning-making threat, and authoritarianism. — Alexandra Snell, Miron Zuckerman, and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 5; Conservative values partly mediate the link between religiosity and racism — Alexandra Snell, Miron Zuckerman, and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 15 (+1 more)