Religious Commitment, Social Distance, and Authoritarianism
This study investigates the relationship between religious commitment and social distance toward three different minority groups and racial tolerance in a rural and smalltown area undergoing the initial stages of industrial development. Two different dimensions of religious commitment (church involv...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1977
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Review of religious research
Year: 1977, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 99-113 |
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| Summary: | This study investigates the relationship between religious commitment and social distance toward three different minority groups and racial tolerance in a rural and smalltown area undergoing the initial stages of industrial development. Two different dimensions of religious commitment (church involvement and orthodoxy) as well as a measure of degree of religious importance were related to Bogardus-type social distance scales and to an index of racial tolerance based on Likert-type items. The results show that church involvement and orthodoxy are mildly related to social distance and prejudice in an inverse direction. Religious importance and social distance and prejudice were clearly inversely related. Authoritarianism was positively related to social distance and prejudice and helped to specify the primary relationships. In all cases the pattern was somewhat contingent on the specific minority group considered. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3509645 |