RT Article
T1 Does Religion Foster Prejudice Among Adherents of All World Religions?: A Comparison Across Religions
JF Review of religious research
VO 64
IS 4
SP 627
OP 653
A1 Kollar, Rachel
A1 Fleischmann, Fenella 1983-
LA English
PB Sage Publications
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/184694760X
AB BackgroundThe relation between religiousness and prejudice has been the topic of a large research literature, yet this was so far mostly limited to Western societies with a Christian heritage.PurposeThis study sought to compare the religiousness-prejudice relationship between adherents of monotheistic and non-monotheistic religions. Focusing on inter-religious prejudice we examined whether theological exclusivism moderated this relationship.MethodsMulti-group structural equation modeling was applied using global data from the 6th wave of the World Values Survey.ResultsNo support was found for the expected divide between religious groups. Religious identity, belief, and practice each related differentially to prejudice across the religions. Exclusivism was more consistently negatively related to prejudice and moderated the relation with religious identity for Orthodox Christians and Buddhists.Conclusions and implicationsWe conclude that religious attitudes or orientations (i.e., how people believe) are more important to understand prejudice towards religious others than religious traditions or multiple dimensions of religiosity (i.e., what and how strongly they believe).
K1 Comparison across religions
K1 Monotheism
K1 Non-monotheism
K1 Prejudice
K1 Religiousness
K1 Theological exclusivism
DO 10.1007/s13644-022-00509-x