Researchers avoid studying religious and interfaith prejudice because it is too close to home

Evidence

Yet this conspicuous form of prejudice has been the focus of only limited research. Have we avoided this form because it is too hot and too controversial – and too close to home? Allport had the courage to address forms of prejudice that in 1954 were hot, controversial, and close to home. He would probably encourage us to do the same. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2566

Categorization

• SEED: An essay angle: why the social sciences systematically under-study the most virulent and widespread forms of prejudice — the one form no researcher feels clean asking about.
• QUESTION: Worth investigating: what actually explains the research gap on intergroup religious prejudice — emotional contamination, funding, or risk of backlash?
• XREF: connects to: The taboo against anti-Semitism itself blocks its scientific study. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1483