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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 590-610 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Christianity
/ Islam
/ Religious group
/ Fremdgruppe
/ Fundamentalism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BH Judaism BJ Islam CB Christian life; spirituality |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam
B Fundamentalism B Attitudes B Judaism B out-group hostility B Christianity |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12725 |