Religion’s harms stem from corporate and dogmatic dominion, not religion itself

Evidence

William James, one of the great founders of modern psychology who took a great interest in religion, put it this way: The baseness so commonly charged to religion’s account are thus, almost all of them, not chargeable to religion proper, but rather to religion’s wicked practical partner, the spirit of corporate dominion. And the bigotries are most of them in their turn chargeable to religion’s wicked intellectual partner, the spirit of dogmatic dominion. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 511

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Religion’s signature vices stem from institutional power and doctrinal rigidity, not belief itself — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 510; Religion bundles separable traits whose conflict roles must be disaggregated; A religion’s violence depends on context, not inherent character (+6 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Religion’s signature vices stem from institutional power and doctrinal rigidity, not belief itself — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 510; Religion bundles separable traits whose conflict roles must be disaggregated; A religion’s violence depends on context, not inherent character (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Religion’s signature vices stem from institutional power and doctrinal rigidity, not belief itself #corroborates (1.00) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 510
• Religion fosters prejudice via intergroup bias, meaning-making threat, and authoritarianism. #complicates (0.78) — Alexandra Snell, Miron Zuckerman, and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 5
• Religion bundles opposing tendencies that both fuel and curb prejudice #complicates (0.76) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 522