Rule of law specifically dampens atheist distrust, not general trust
Evidence
First, rule of law was associated with less atheist distrust not just because people in countries with strong rule of law trust people in general. We know this because this finding did not change even after we included levels of trust toward people in general in our statistical models. We found that rule of law specifically reduced atheist distrust, above and beyond contributing to general levels of trust. Second, rule of law reduced atheist distrust even after controlling for individuals’ demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, education, and income. More importantly, we found that rule of law remained a significant source of reduced atheist distrust even after we removed the contributions of two known country-level factors that are associated with diminished atheist distrust: human development as measured by the United Nations (combined measure of economic wealth, longevity, and education levels) and individualism. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 305
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
- Secular rule of law independently reduces believers’ distrust of atheists (similarity 0.89)
- Strong secular institutions reduce believers’ need to distrust atheists (similarity 0.87)
- Anti-atheist prejudice stems from trust concerns, not xenophobia or outgroup dislike (similarity 0.84)
- Atheists generally do not distrust religious believers (similarity 0.84)
- An unlikely mechanism reduces atheist distrust even among believers (similarity 0.82)
- Religious belief strongly predicts distrust of atheists (similarity 0.82)
- Secular rule of law substitutes for religious monitoring of believers (similarity 0.82)
- Anti-atheist exclusion rises when trust matters critically in a role (similarity 0.82)
- Atheists are intuitively distrusted as much as convicted rapists (similarity 0.82)
- American distrust of atheists significantly exceeds that of comparable wealthy democracies. (similarity 0.81)
- Atheists are distrusted more than other stigmatized groups even amid rising tolerance (similarity 0.81)
- Nonbelievers show mild trust toward believers while believers trust only their own (similarity 0.81)
- American atheist distrust stems from anomalous high religiosity (similarity 0.80)
- Atheist distrust stems specifically from moral distrust, not fear or disgust (similarity 0.80)
- Secular institutions, atheist prevalence, and religiosity decline reinforce each other in a self-amplifying loop (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- An unlikely mechanism reduces atheist distrust even among believers
#qualifies(0.82) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 300 - Religious belief strongly predicts distrust of atheists
#complicates(0.80) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 278 - Anti-atheist prejudice stems from trust concerns, not xenophobia or outgroup dislike
#expands(0.78) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 258 - Strong secular institutions reduce believers’ need to distrust atheists
#contradicts(0.75) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 250 - Atheists generally do not distrust religious believers
#complicates(0.72) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 284 - American atheist distrust stems from anomalous high religiosity
#complicates(0.72) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 306