Religion bundles opposing tendencies that both fuel and curb prejudice

Evidence

Religion inevitably contains, reflects, and reveals all that is within the realm of humanity: the good and the bad. It is like any other facet of human civilization: some of it is noble and inspirational, much of it is nonsensical and even dangerous. But to condemn it all as poisonous is to be in serious denial. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 522

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Christian statism predicts anti-immigrant prejudice while religious traditionalism does not. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 151; 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