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Title: Tell me you're religious without saying you're religious: An identity-signaling account of prejudice against atheists.
Authors: Lambert, Joshua T. (AUTHOR), Kinrade, Charlotte (AUTHOR), Wahlers, Danielle E. (AUTHOR), Hall, Braden (AUTHOR), Hart, William (AUTHOR)
Source: Self & Identity. Jun2025, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p416-448. 33p.
Subjects: Atheism, Atheists, Religiousness, Attitude (Psychology), Christianity, Prejudices
Abstract: Based in theory that attitudes can be used to strategically signal desired identities, we proposed that atheist prejudice may serve to signal religious identity. Five studies (NTotal = 1734) showed that people expressing anti-atheist (vs. pro-atheist) statements are perceived as more religious (Studies 1–2); highly religious people convey more anti-atheist sentiment to reveal vs. conceal their religious identity to others (Study 3); and people strongly identifying as Christian experience greater identity-threat after simulated affiliation with an atheist (Study 4) and further alter reports of attitudes regarding atheists as a function of whether they are led to believe this prejudice signals a Christian identity (Study 5). This identity-signaling account of atheist prejudice may partly explain why atheist prejudice is greater among the more religious. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Based in theory that attitudes can be used to strategically signal desired identities, we proposed that atheist prejudice may serve to signal religious identity. Five studies (NTotal = 1734) showed that people expressing anti-atheist (vs. pro-atheist) statements are perceived as more religious (Studies 1–2); highly religious people convey more anti-atheist sentiment to reveal vs. conceal their religious identity to others (Study 3); and people strongly identifying as Christian experience greater identity-threat after simulated affiliation with an atheist (Study 4) and further alter reports of attitudes regarding atheists as a function of whether they are led to believe this prejudice signals a Christian identity (Study 5). This identity-signaling account of atheist prejudice may partly explain why atheist prejudice is greater among the more religious. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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