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For better or worse: Fundamentalists' attitudes toward outgroups as a function of exposure to authoritative religious texts

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Blogowska, Joanna [UCL] Saroglou, Vassilis [UCL]

Fundamentalism not only predicts prejudice toward outgroups but also prosociality toward proximal targets and ingroups. Taking things a step further, we hypothesized that because fundamentalists tend to show submission to religious authority, their attitudes toward unknown targets and outgroups may vary significantly depending on the nature of the authoritative religious texts to which they are exposed. In three studies using hypothetical scenarios, the association between fundamentalism and prosocial attitudes (a) became negative after exposure to a violent biblical text (Study 1; unknown targets), (b) reversed from negative to positive after reading a prosocial biblical text (Study 2; negligent targets), and (c) became negative or positive following a violent versus prosocial biblical text (Study 3; atheist target). Additional results confirmed the uniqueness of fundamentalism compared to general religiosity, quest orientation, and authoritarianism, regarding such dependency upon religious authority. Findings also support the mediating roles of reported submissiveness to religious teachings and perceived symbolic threat.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès interdit
Publication date 2013
Language Anglais
Journal information "International Journal for the Psychology of Religion" - Vol. 23, no.2, p. 103-125 (2013)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 1050-8619
e-issn 1532-7582
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute
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Bibliographic reference Blogowska, Joanna ; Saroglou, Vassilis. For better or worse: Fundamentalists' attitudes toward outgroups as a function of exposure to authoritative religious texts. In: International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, Vol. 23, no.2, p. 103-125 (2013)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/129834