The Cost of Being Christian: The Association between Christian Affiliation and Discrimination Experiences among Asians in the United States
Whether religion contributes to or mitigates social inequality is ongoing. This study provides new evidence by examining the association between Christian affiliation and Asian citizens’ discrimination experiences. Using data from the National Asian American Survey and employing the Inverse Probabil...
| Subtitles: | W. E. B. Du Bois Special Issue on Religion and Social Inequality |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2023
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| In: |
Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 62, Pages: 124-140 |
| Further subjects: | B
Discrimination
B Christian B IPTW B Religion B Asians in the United States |
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| Summary: | Whether religion contributes to or mitigates social inequality is ongoing. This study provides new evidence by examining the association between Christian affiliation and Asian citizens’ discrimination experiences. Using data from the National Asian American Survey and employing the Inverse Probability Treatment Weighting approach, this study finds that having a Christian affiliation is significantly associated with more interpersonal discrimination experienced by Asians in the United States. Strengthened ethnic identity and intraracial contact largely explain the association. Results from several robustness tests confirm this finding. There is a cost of being Christian for Asians in the United States. |
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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.12857 |