Traditions that prioritize practice over belief show less prejudice against atheists

Evidence

Another possible factor might be the degree to which a religious tradition prioritizes belief rather than practice. Adam Cohen and his colleagues point out that unlike in Protestant denominations, in some traditions such as Judaism, religious participation is as important, and sometimes more important, than religious belief. Some of the Orthodox branches of Christianity are similar to Judaism in this regard. It is possible that in these traditions, concerns about supernatural monitoring are dampened and replaced by other mechanisms. Hence in these traditions, there might be comparatively less prejudice against atheists. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 769

Categorization

• XREF: Connects directly to the reader’s Big God/omniscient-gaze argument: practice-first traditions may substitute communal mechanisms for supernatural monitoring, relevant to how fumi-e trampling (a practice) worked against belief-centered Christianity. — connects to: Religious conviction can rest on ethical practice rather than revelation or tradition. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 354