A Research Note on Religiosity as Opiate or Prophetic Stimulant among Students in England and the United States
This research note presents an analysis of data collected from 1,197 students in England and the United States examining the influence of religiosity on humanitarianism, egalitarianism, and racism. Results of multivariate analyses of survey responses controlling for students' social background...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1985
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Review of religious research
Year: 1985, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 269-280 |
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| Summary: | This research note presents an analysis of data collected from 1,197 students in England and the United States examining the influence of religiosity on humanitarianism, egalitarianism, and racism. Results of multivariate analyses of survey responses controlling for students' social background characteristics in each country do not support arguments suggesting that religiosity inherently fosters less compassionate, inegalitarian, or racist attitudes. Rather, these cross-national data generally support arguments suggesting that a strong religious commitment heightens social compassion and concern for equality and reduces prejudice in contrast with the influences of nominal religious identification or moderately valued religious guidance. Yet the claim that nominal religiosity in comparison with no religious allegiance is related to less humanitarian, less egalitarian, and more racist personal viewpoints is also given some support. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511278 |