Perceived out-group threat amplifies ritual-driven sacralization of values.

Evidence

Studies 1 and 2 showed that participation in religious ritual is associated with the likelihood of people regarding their preferences to be sacred; that is, not fungible with material goods. In Study 3, we investigated the proposition that the relationship between participation in religious ritual and transforming preferences into sacred values would be accentuated under conditions of high perceived threat to the in-group in the context of intergroup conflict. — Hammad Sheikh and Jeremy Ginges and Alin Coman and Scott Atran, Religion, group threat and sacred values, 45

Categorization

• XREF: Directly tests the reader’s ‘iron band forming under fear’ sacralization mechanism against Atran/Ginges sacred-values literature already in the batch. — connects to: Participation in religious ritual and perceived group threat jointly make people sacralize preferences. — Hammad Sheikh and Jeremy Ginges and Alin Coman and Scott Atran, Religion, group threat and sacred values, 3; Sacred values can form quickly through ritual and perceived group threat. — Hammad Sheikh and Jeremy Ginges and Alin Coman and Scott Atran, Religion, group threat and sacred values, 8; External threat drives groups to ritualize preferences into sacred values — Hammad Sheikh and Jeremy Ginges and Alin Coman and Scott Atran, Religion, group threat and sacred values, 14 (+6 more)
• QUESTION: Note the test is correlational link between ritual and sacred values accentuated BY threat, not threat independently generating sacredness — does the design actually isolate direction?
• ADDENDUM: Supports the threat-to-sacralization pathway relevant to the ‘On Sacrifice’ article’s account of sacred-kingship stability under external pressure.

Related

• Participation in religious ritual creates sacred values, especially under group threat. (similarity 0.95)
• External threat drives groups to ritualize preferences into sacred values (similarity 0.94)
• Participation in religious ritual and perceived group threat jointly make people sacralize preferences. (similarity 0.94)
• Ritual participation plus perceived threat converts disputed preferences into sacred values. (similarity 0.93)
• Sacred values can form quickly through ritual and perceived group threat. (similarity 0.92)
• Religious ritual participation increases sacred values even on non-religious topics. (similarity 0.89)
• Participation in religious ritual, not broader psychological traits, predicts sacred values. (similarity 0.88)
• Merely reminding people of religious ritual raises how many sacred values they claim. (similarity 0.87)
• Merely reminding Muslims of their religiosity increases how many values they call sacred (similarity 0.83)
• Hammad Sheikh and Jeremy Ginges and Alin Coman and Scott Atran — Religion, group threat and sacred values (similarity 0.83)
• Groups may posture sacred claims that are not deeply held identity commitments (similarity 0.81)
• Sacred values bind group identity and give groups advantage through non-rational commitment. (similarity 0.81)
• Sacralized values resist material incentives and cause offer-driven concessions to backfire (similarity 0.80)
• Sacred-value commitment produces costly sacrifice that lets weak groups beat stronger foes. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Ritual participation plus perceived threat converts disputed preferences into sacred values. #corroborates (0.95) — Hammad Sheikh and Jeremy Ginges and Alin Coman and Scott Atran, Religion, group threat and sacred values, 58