Religious institutions can function as prejudice-reducing solutions, not just causes

Evidence

Fourth, Allport might point toward increased application of what we know about the relation to prejudice of different ways of being religious. He was committed to combating prejudice not simply to understanding it. If he was right in his belief that internalizing religious teachings of universal acceptance and compassion can unmake prejudice, then more attention needs to be given to religious institutions not as causes of intergroup antipathy and ethnocentrism but as possible contributors to solutions – at least in those areas of the world where religion remains an important part of people’s lives. Allport would likely encourage us to develop programs in religious settings to reduce prejudice. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2577

If he was right in his belief that internalizing religious teachings of universal acceptance and compassion can unmake prejudice, then more attention needs to be given to religious institutions not as causes of intergroup antipathy and ethnocentrism but as possible contributors to solutions – at least in those areas of the world where religion remains an important part of people’s lives. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2577

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Allport’s intrinsic vs extrinsic religious orientation distinction from The Nature of Prejudice and later work. — connects to: Prejudice could override direct observation even of Muslim charitable institutions — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1249; Religion simultaneously enables both prosocial conduct and prejudice. — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 2
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2577