Religiosity’s link to prejudice depends on whether the prejudice is proscribed.

Evidence

The extrinsic, means dimension tends to be related to increased prejudice on both overt and covert measures, but only if the prejudice in question is proscribed, as is racial prejudice by mainstream religion in the US today. This dimension is not clearly associated with forms of prejudice not proscribed by one’s religious community. The quest dimension tends to be related to decreased prejudice on both overt and covert measures of prejudice, both when the prejudice is proscribed and not proscribed. The intrinsic, end dimension tends to be related to decreased prejudice when that prejudice is proscribed by one’s religious community and is measured overtly. However, this dimension tends to be related to increased prejudice when that prejudice is not proscribed by one’s religious community. It also tends to be related to increased prejudice when a proscribed prejudice is measured covertly. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2553

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: A striking three-way interaction: intrinsic religiosity simultaneously predicts LESS proscribed prejudice overtly but MORE of it covertly, and MORE non-proscribed prejudice. Religious sincerity doesn’t reduce prejudice; it redirects which targets it permits. This reframes religious egalitarianism as self-presentation bound by community norms rather than deep dispositional tolerance.
• XREF: connects to: Religiosity correlates with inclusive attitudes despite reinforcing its own boundaries — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 372; Religion simultaneously enables both prosocial conduct and prejudice. — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 2; Religion fuels prejudice against value-violating groups but restrains prejudice against racial groups. — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 17 (+2 more)