Explaining Unfavorable Attitudes Toward Religious Out-Groups Among Three Major Religions

Considering intensifying sectarian conflicts in recent years and increasing interreligious violence around the globe, there is a need to further our understanding of negative attitudes toward religious out-groups. To investigate the driving factors behind these negative attitudes among members of th...

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主要作者: Kanol, Eylem (Author)
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語言:English
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出版: Wiley-Blackwell 2021
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2021, 卷: 60, 發布: 3, Pages: 590-610
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 猶太教 / 基督教 / 伊斯蘭教 / 宗教團體 / Fremdgruppe / 基要主義
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BH Judaism
BJ Islam
CB Christian life; spirituality
Further subjects:B Fundamentalism
B Attitudes
B Judaism
B out-group hostility
B Christianity
B 伊斯蘭教
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總結:Considering intensifying sectarian conflicts in recent years and increasing interreligious violence around the globe, there is a need to further our understanding of negative attitudes toward religious out-groups. To investigate the driving factors behind these negative attitudes among members of the three major Abrahamic religions, I employ original data derived from a survey fielded among 10,046 respondents in eight countries (Cyprus, Germany, Israel, Kenya, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey, and the USA). A rich body of literature documents the relationship between religious fundamentalism and prejudice. Other scholars have investigated out-group hostility using an intergroup relations perspective, focusing on contact theory, and more recently, on discrimination. While controlling for other relevant factors such as demographic and socioeconomic variables, I investigate the role of religiosity and intergroup relations in explaining unfavorable interreligious attitudes. The results suggest that unfavorable attitudes toward religious out-groups are most strongly associated with religious fundamentalism. This finding is robust across religious groups.
ISSN:1468-5906
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12725