Routine church attendance does not reduce racist attitudes

Evidence

Some have argued, in defense of white Christian churches and institutions, that this link is driven primarily by those who claim a Christian identity but who have little connection to Christian churches. There’s even an acronym for this condition: CINO (Christians in name only). Those loosely connected white Christians, the theory goes, are more likely to hold racist views, while those who attend religious services more often—with more exposure to sermons, Sunday school, Bible study, and other forms of Christian discipleship offered within congregations—are more likely to be in solidarity with their African American brothers and sisters. … But there is no evidence that higher church exposure has any mitigating effect on racist attitudes; if anything, the opposite is true. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 523

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Racist views predict evangelical identity four times more among regular attenders — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 525; Racism predicts white Christian identity better than church attendance does — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 543; Racial prejudice peaks among moderate rather than frequent church attendees — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 84 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Racial prejudice peaks among moderate rather than frequent church attendees #complicates (0.95) — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 84
• Overlapping category boundaries can manufacture a curvilinear relationship between church attendance and prejudice #complicates (0.90)
• Church content, not attendance frequency, drives members’ prejudice levels. #qualifies (0.88)
• Religious piety reduces overt but raises covert expressions of prejudice #qualifies (0.88) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2553
• Religion fuels prejudice against value-violating groups but restrains prejudice against racial groups. #qualifies (0.80) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 17
• Intrinsic religion reflects in-group conformity, not reduced prejudice #complicates (0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2548
• Religion’s effect on prejudice depends on how it fits personality #qualifies (0.80)
• Church attendance is not what triggers the felt divine gaze #complicates (0.78)
• Intergroup identification plus conventional life values, not doctrine, drive religious racism. #qualifies (0.75) — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 86
• Religious groups distinguish proscribed from nonproscribed prejudices #complicates (0.72)