Personal religious orientation and prejudice.

1967/01/01 by Gordon W. Āllport, Janet Ross · 14 citations
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology #Racial and Ethnic Identity Research #Psychology #Prejudice (legal term) #Social psychology #Religious orientation #Orientation (vector space)

paper · doi:10.1037/h0021212

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Abstract

3 generalizations seem well established concerning the relationship between subjective religion and ethnic prejudice: (a) On the average churchgoers are more prejudiced than nonchurchgoers; (b) the relationship is curvilinear; (c) people with an extrinsic religious orientation are significantly more preju-diced than people with an intrinsic religious orientation. With the aid of a scale to measure extrinsic and intrinsic orientation this research confirmed previous findings and added a 4th: people who are indiscriminately pro-religious are the most prejudiced of all. The interpretations offered are in terms of cognitive style. Previous psychological and survey research has established three important facts regard-ing the relationship between prejudiced atti-tudes and the personal practice of religion. 1. On the average, church attenders are more prejudiced than nonattenders.

Citations

• The Religious Context of Prejudice

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