Religion simultaneously enables both prosocial conduct and prejudice.

Evidence

As noted by Allport (1954), religion “makes prejudice and it unmakes prejudice” (p. 444). History bears witness to this paradox as the charitable work that is often carried out by religious institutions coexists with wars and massacres perpetrated against people of other faiths (e.g., the crusades, the Thirty Years’ War and St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre). — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 2

Categorization

• SHARE: The Allport quote ‘religion makes prejudice and it unmakes prejudice’ is a memorable one-liner for a reader interested in the religion-prejudice literature.
• XREF: connects to: Major religions both produce and combat prejudice simultaneously; Religion can either reinforce or reduce prejudice depending on its function.; Major religions both reduce and increase prejudice depending on how they are practiced. (+10 more)

Related

• Religious priming elevates prejudice against LGBT people and atheists beyond other targets. (similarity 0.85)
• Religiosity’s link to prejudice depends on whether the prejudice is proscribed. (similarity 0.85)
• Religious institutions can function as prejudice-reducing solutions, not just causes (similarity 0.84)
• Religion fuels prejudice against value-violating groups but restrains prejudice against racial groups. (similarity 0.84)
• Prior religion-prejudice meta-analyses were purely correlational and each studied one target group. (similarity 0.83)
• Religiosity-prejudice links are correlational, not established as causal (similarity 0.82)
• Religious upbringing predicts higher prejudice than no religious affiliation. (similarity 0.82)
• Religion fosters prejudice via intergroup bias, meaning-making threat, and authoritarianism. (similarity 0.82)
• Prejudice may drive people toward religion, not only vice versa (similarity 0.82)
• Intrinsic religion reduces prejudice while extrinsic religion increases it across 32 studies. (similarity 0.81)
• Understanding religion-prejudice links requires specifying the type of religion involved (similarity 0.81)
• Eastern religious primes reduce prejudice more than Western ones do (similarity 0.81)
• Type of religious prime may not moderate prejudice outcomes (similarity 0.81)
• Religion bundles opposing tendencies that both fuel and curb prejudice (similarity 0.81)
• Religious priming causally increases prejudice toward LGBT people and atheists (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Major religions both produce and combat prejudice simultaneously #corroborates (0.95)
• Major religions both reduce and increase prejudice depending on how they are practiced. #corroborates (0.92)
• Religion can either reinforce or reduce prejudice depending on its function. #corroborates (0.90)
• Intrinsic religion reduces prejudice while extrinsic religion increases it across 32 studies. #corroborates (0.85) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2539
• Religiosity’s link to prejudice depends on whether the prejudice is proscribed. #qualifies (0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2553
• Religious piety reduces overt but raises covert expressions of prejudice #qualifies (0.80) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2553
• Religious priming causally increases prejudice toward LGBT people and atheists #exemplifies (0.80) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 108
• Religion fuels prejudice against value-violating groups but restrains prejudice against racial groups. #qualifies (0.78) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 17
• Religious institutions can function as prejudice-reducing solutions, not just causes #expands (0.78) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2577
• Religion’s effect on prejudice depends on how it fits personality #qualifies (0.75)
• A single world religion can simultaneously sustain two very different social styles #expands (0.75) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2006
• Religious upbringing and church membership correlate with higher prejudice. #exemplifies (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2526
• Religious upbringing predicts higher prejudice than no religious affiliation. #exemplifies (0.75) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2526