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Universal Love or One True Religion? Experimental Evidence of the Ambivalent Effect of Religious Ideas on Altruism and Discrimination
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Abstract Contrary to the expectations of secularization theory, religion remains socially important and affects politics in multiple ways - especially regarding conflict between religious communities. Theoretically, religion can increase altruism, but belief in the superiority of one's faith may facilitate i... mehr
Contrary to the expectations of secularization theory, religion remains socially important and affects politics in multiple ways - especially regarding conflict between religious communities. Theoretically, religion can increase altruism, but belief in the superiority of one's faith may facilitate intergroup discrimination and related conflict. Previous findings remain inconclusive, however, as specific religious ideas have hardly been tested. In this article, we argue that the content of religious ideas has causal effects on intergroup discrimination. We hence test the impact of two opposing, prominent religious ideas on altruism and discrimination: universal love and the notion of one true religion. Conducting dictator games with Christians and Muslims in Ghana and Tanzania, we find causal effects: Whereas the idea of one true religion increases intergroup discrimination, that of universal love fosters equal treatment. The policy implications hereof are obvious - promoting tolerant religious ideas seems crucial to avoiding conflict.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Ghana; Tansania; Religion; religiöser Konflikt; Diskriminierung; Altruismus; religiöse Gruppe; Identität; Christentum; Islam
Klassifikation
Religionssoziologie
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 603-620
Zeitschriftentitel
American Journal of Political Science, 64 (2020) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12479
ISSN
1540-5907
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)