Prior religion-prejudice meta-analyses were purely correlational and each studied one target group.

Evidence

Consistent with Allport’s (1954) thesis, research has shown that religion encourages prosocial behavior but is additionally related to prejudice and racism. However, though previous meta-analyses have assessed correlational studies of religion and prejudice (Hall et al., 2010; Whitley, 2009), these meta-analyses cannot establish causality. In addition, each of these metaanalyses examined prejudice directed at one particular group (e.g., Black, LGBT, and immigrants). The current meta-analysis examined the causal relation of theistic religious beliefs with prejudice by synthesizing studies with experimental designs that examined a wide variety of target groups. This contributes to a better understanding of the relation of religion with prejudice across target groups and provides an estimate for the average effect of priming religion on prejudice. — Alexandra Snell, Miron Zuckerman, and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 2

Categorization

• DEFINE: Positions the distinct value of this meta-analysis: causal experimental designs across diverse target groups, rather than single-group correlational syntheses.
• XREF: connects to: Correlational meta-analyses cannot establish causal links between religion and prejudice. — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 2; Religiosity-prejudice links are correlational, not established as causal — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 25

Broader Connections

• Correlational meta-analyses cannot establish causal links between religion and prejudice. #expands (0.82) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 2
• Religiosity-prejudice links are correlational, not established as causal #expands (0.78) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 25