Religious trust extends to any outgroup holding supernatural sanctioning beliefs
Evidence
However, the logic of religiously motivated prosociality predicts that trust can be extended beyond the immediate religious community as long as these outsiders adhere to some kind of supernatural sanctioning that constrains their behavior. Thus, Muslims might be able to trust Christians, who also believe in an all-powerful, morally involved God. Christians might trust Hindus, who believe in the law of karma, and an entire pantheon of supernatural monitors. Trust can be extended to potential cooperation partners if the latter adhere to some kind of supernatural monitoring that induces greater cooperativeness. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 223
Categorization
- QUESTION: Directly relevant to the fumi-e analysis: this predicts trampling any god, not just the Christian god, might register as apostasy and destroy partner choice — worth pursuing.
- XREF: Connects to the reader’s Baumard et al. partner-choice framework: supernatural monitoring is the criterion that makes an outgroup member a viable cooperation partner.