Religion fuels prejudice against value-violating groups but restrains prejudice against racial groups.

Evidence

One reason for these inconsistencies is that the intrinsic/ extrinsic religiosity measure may not tap religiosity in the way it was intended (Hunsberger & Jackson, 2005). However, a more compelling explanation is that the mechanism by which religion is related to prejudice may differ by target group. As previously stated, religion may provide a meaning-making system that makes certain social groups seem more threatening than others (Rowatt et al., 2013). For example, groups that are viewed as value-violating groups (e.g., LGBT people) might be more threatening than nonvalue-violating groups (e.g., racial groups). Thus, those who strongly internally identify with religious values might be especially likely to demonstrate prejudice toward value-violators. Traditional religious teachings are directly opposed to homosexuality, but religious teachings also promote humanitarian values that oppose racism. This may explain why intrinsic religiosity was related to negative attitudes toward lesbians and gay men, but not racism (Hall et al., 2010; Hunsberger & Jackson, 2005). — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 17

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to the reading purpose on manufactured vs. value-based threat: religiosity targets out-groups by perceived value threat, not indiscriminately. — connects to: Strong religious identification predicts derogation of out-group members rather than anti-prejudice conviction. — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 11; Religious racism stems from group identification and conformity values, not theology itself. — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 76; Racial prejudice peaks among moderate rather than frequent church attendees — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 84 (+16 more)

Related

• Religious priming elevates prejudice against LGBT people and atheists beyond other targets. (similarity 0.89)
• Strong religious identification predicts derogation of out-group members rather than anti-prejudice conviction. (similarity 0.87)
• Religiosity-prejudice links are correlational, not established as causal (similarity 0.86)
• Religious racism stems from group identification and conformity values, not theology itself. (similarity 0.85)
• Intergroup identification plus conventional life values, not doctrine, drive religious racism. (similarity 0.84)
• Religiosity’s link to prejudice depends on whether the prejudice is proscribed. (similarity 0.84)
• Extrinsic religiosity correlates with racism through social conformity, not personal values. (similarity 0.84)
• Religion simultaneously enables both prosocial conduct and prejudice. (similarity 0.84)
• Religious groups split prejudice into forbidden and encouraged categories (similarity 0.83)
• Intrinsic religion reflects in-group conformity, not reduced prejudice (similarity 0.83)
• Religious priming causally increases prejudice toward LGBT people and atheists (similarity 0.83)
• Intrinsic religiosity suppresses only the specific prejudices a religion prohibits (similarity 0.83)
• Religion fosters prejudice via intergroup bias, meaning-making threat, and authoritarianism. (similarity 0.83)
• Religious upbringing and church membership correlate with higher prejudice. (similarity 0.83)
• Religious upbringing predicts higher prejudice than no religious affiliation. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Religious groups split prejudice into forbidden and encouraged categories #expands (0.90) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2547
• Religion can either reinforce or reduce prejudice depending on its function. #expands (0.85)
• Religiosity’s link to prejudice depends on whether the prejudice is proscribed. #expands (0.85) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2553
• Major religions both reduce and increase prejudice depending on how they are practiced. #expands (0.85)
• Religious groups distinguish proscribed from nonproscribed prejudices #expands (0.85)
• Religious priming causally increases prejudice toward LGBT people and atheists #corroborates (0.80) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 108
• Religious upbringing predicts higher prejudice than no religious affiliation. #corroborates (0.80) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2526
• Anti-atheist prejudice is socially accepted while racial prejudice is not #exemplifies (0.80) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 232
• Extrinsic religion is compatible with prejudice; intrinsic rules it out #qualifies (0.80)
• Religious upbringing and church membership correlate with higher prejudice. #corroborates (0.78) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2526