2020
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/5a2db
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Moralization of Religiosity Explains Worldwide Trends in Religious Belief

Abstract: Religion is an enduring part of human culture, but religious belief is declining in some societies. What explains which regions secularize and which individuals leave their faiths? We propose that secularization is inversely related to the “moralization of religion:” the belief that religion is essential to morality. Moralization of religiosity likely emerged as a by-product of the historical rise of prosocial religions, but we propose that it has an additional side-effect—it discourages deconversion due to pe… Show more

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“…In recent years, much of the Western world has been secularizing (Bullivant, 2018;Pew Research Center, 2019), and in turn, most psychological literature comes from Western countriespredominantly the United States. As part of this secularization, the perceived link between religiosity and morality has declined (Abrams et al, 2020). As recently as 2011, most Americans (54%) believed that one needs to believe in God to be moral (Pew Research Center, 2014).…”
Section: Age Of Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In recent years, much of the Western world has been secularizing (Bullivant, 2018;Pew Research Center, 2019), and in turn, most psychological literature comes from Western countriespredominantly the United States. As part of this secularization, the perceived link between religiosity and morality has declined (Abrams et al, 2020). As recently as 2011, most Americans (54%) believed that one needs to believe in God to be moral (Pew Research Center, 2014).…”
Section: Age Of Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Condemnations of lack of self-control, intoxicant use, hedonism, sexual indulgences, and immodesty are all associated with religiosity (Grubbs et al, 2015;Jacquet et al, 2021;Mooijman et al, 2018;Moon et al, 2021;Najjar et al, 2016;Saroglou & Craninx, 2021;Stylianou, 2004;, which is itself related, across countries, to the moralization of piety (Abrams et al, 2020;Tamir et al, 2020). At a deeper level, experimental evidence indicates that different puritanical norms are intuitively intertwined in people's mind.…”
Section: The Puzzle Of Associationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies find that moralizations of gluttony, sexual indulgences, lack of self-control, intoxicant use, and certain types of music, are intercorrelated Lynxwiler & Gay, 2000;Quintelier, Ishii, Weeden, Kurzban, & Braeckman, 2013;Steim & Nemeroff, 1995;. Condemnations of lack of self-control, intoxicant use, hedonism, sexual indulgences, and immodesty are all associated with religiosity (Grubbs, Exline, Pargament, Hook, & Carlisle, 2015;Jacquet et al, 2021;Najjar et al, 2016;Saroglou & Craninx, 2021;Stylianou, 2004;, which is itself related, across countries, to the moralization of piety (Abrams, Jackson, Vonasch, & Gray, 2020;Tamir, Connaughton, & Salazar, 2020). At a deeper level, experimental evidence indicates that different puritanical norms are intuitively intertwined in people's mind.…”
Section: The Puzzle Of Associationmentioning
confidence: 99%