Secular-authority effects on prejudice may be group-specific, not general

Evidence

Gervais and I tested whether reminders of secular authority reduce distrust of atheists among believers. In addition, we tested three plausible alternative explanations. First, it is possible that a reduction in atheist distrust might just be one instantiation of a broader effect whereby reminders of secular authority reduce prejudice not just toward atheists, but toward any group. Second, as we have seen, evolutionary approaches to prejudice demonstrate that different prejudices are characterized by different perceived threats; secular authority may dampen these specific reactions across different forms of prejudice. Finally, it is possible that reminders of secular authority might simply make all outgroups seem more trustworthy. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 308

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Religious priming causally increases prejudice toward LGBT people and atheists — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 108; Religious priming transfers prejudice most strongly toward LGBT and atheist targets — Alexandra Snell, Miron Zuckerman, and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 40; Prejudice gains power from shared identity, leadership, and politics, not individual bias — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 397 (+10 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Religious priming causally increases prejudice toward LGBT people and atheists — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 108; Religious priming transfers prejudice most strongly toward LGBT and atheist targets — Alexandra Snell, Miron Zuckerman, and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 40; Prejudice gains power from shared identity, leadership, and politics, not individual bias — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 397 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Religious piety reduces overt but raises covert expressions of prejudice #complicates (0.80) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2553
• Religious fundamentalism predicts prejudice only through rightwing authoritarianism #complicates (0.75) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2134