In the world but not of the world: religiosity, alienation, and philosophy of human nature among Bible college and liberal arts college students

‘The Role of Money and Religiosity in Determining Consumers’ Ethical Beliefs’

“…Magill (1992) stated that personal religiosity affords a background, against which the ethical nature of behavior is interpreted. Light et al (1989) view religiosity as exercising control over beliefs and behaviors while Huffman (1988) states that a major theme in functionalist theory is that religiosity is a stronger determinant of our values than any other predictor. In addition, Weaver and Agle (2002) report that religiosity is known to have an influence both on human attitudes and behavior.…”

Consumer Support for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): The Role of Religion and Values

“…Vitell et al (2005) in a survey of undergraduate students found that intrinsic religiousness was a significant determinant of consumer ethics, whereas extrinsic religiousness did not impact the ethicality of consumer practices. When religion becomes intrinsic to one's being, it influences one's values which then motivate attitudes and behavior (Huffman, 1988;Magill, 1992). Linking religion with values, Allport and Ross (1967, p. 434) went as far as to say that, ''extrinsically motivated person uses his religion whereas the intrinsically motivated person lives his religion.''…”

Religiosity and Consumer Ethics

“…Therefore, religiosity can be viewed as exercising control over beliefs and behaviors (Light et al, 1989). A major theme in functionalist theory is that religiosity is a stronger determinant of our values than almost any other predictor (Huffman, 1988). Thus, it is logical and appropriate to examine the relationship between religiosity and ethics and to hypothesize that there are meaningful and significant relationships between personal religiosity and ethical judgments.…”