RT Article
T1 Diverging Perceptions of Personal Moral Values and the Values of One's Religious Group
JF Journal for the scientific study of religion
VO 59
IS 1
SP 119
OP 140
A1 Clark, Travis Daryl 1989-
A1 Grove, Richard
A1 Swanson, Casey
A1 Terrell, Heather K.
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1692868934
AB A popular notion in many religions is that less pious individuals are also less moral. We sought to test the self-described moral values of religious and nonreligious individuals under the framework of Moral Foundations Theory. In Study 1, we found that atheists differ from Christians in some moral domains. We also found evidence that Christians' self-ratings are consistently lower than what they perceive to be the moral values of other Christians. This finding contradicts previous findings that suggest that Christians may inflate their positive characteristics relative to their peers in other domains. In Studies 2 and 3, we tested several alternative explanations for this finding. Preliminary evidence suggests that Christians rate their moral values lower in comparison to Christian exemplars such as religious leaders, and not from a sense of humility. In contrast, atheists may not have exemplars for such a comparison.
K1 Atheism
K1 Humility
K1 Morality
K1 Religion
DO 10.1111/jssr.12644