Cultural religiosity: a neglected but powerful dimension of culture

Gebauer, Jochen and Sedikides, Constantine (2021) Cultural religiosity: a neglected but powerful dimension of culture. Current Opinion in Psychology, 40, 73-78. (doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.08.027).

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Abstract

Cultural religiosity has received little attention in psychology. This is an oversight, as cultural religiosity is an impactful cross-cultural dimension. We proceed to demonstrate that cultural religiosity shapes human psychology through three paths. First, cultural religiosity influences personal religiosity, which has many personal consequences. Second, cultural religiosity engenders personal consequences, independent of personal religiosity. Finally, cultural religiosity qualifies many of the effects of personal religiosity on personal consequences. The three paths are not unique to cultural religiosity; equivalent paths exist for virtually all cross-cultural dimensions. Yet, the three paths are particularly impactful in the domain of cultural religiosity.

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Accepted/In Press date: 31 August 2020

e-pub ahead of print date: 10 September 2020

Published date: 1 August 2021

Additional Information: Funding Information: Supported by the German Research Foundation ( DFG; Grants GE 2515/2-1 and GE 2515/6-1) and the J ohn Templeton Foundation (The Character Project at Wake Forest University; Grant ID #15519-11-011) . Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Elsevier Ltd