Who would Iranian Muslims help? Religious dimensions and moral foundations as predictors

Abstract

Religiosity has been linked with prosocial behavior and a preference for religious ingroups over outgroups. Yet, there are important differences in religious people’s beliefs, values, and practices. Fundamental and quest orientation toward religion may differentially predict intergroup bias in prosociality. Also, individualizing and binding moral foundations may have diverse effects on ingroup and outgroup bias in helping, as moral foundations theory (MFT) suggests that individualizing and binding foundations differ in how much they focus on ingroup and outgroup moral considerations. In this study, we examined the relationship between religious dimensions (quest religion, religious fundamentalism, intrinsic religiosity, and religious activity), moral foundations, prosocial behavior, and intergroup bias in helping. We found evidence for the effect of individualizing foundations, religious fundamentalism, and quest religion above and beyond demographics and other religious dimensions on intergroup bias in helping. Furthermore, there were independent positive effects of individualizing foundations, religious activity, and age, and independent negative effects of female gender and religious fundamentalism on prosocial behavior. This study provides a more nuanced understanding of the relations between religion, prosociality, and moral intuitions in a Muslim context.

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“…This is in agreement with prophet Muhammad narration: “every good deed is a form of Sadaqah” (Brahim and Sherif, 2008). Sadaqah contributes to alleviating poverty, fulfilling the requirements of the needy Muslims, reducing the debt of Muslim debtors and helping the stranded people to complete their journey (Abdullahi, 2019; Jamal et al , 2019; Bagasra, 2021; Mikani et al , 2022). Sadaqah can also be donated to both needy Muslims and nonMuslims.…”

Predicting Religious Undergraduates’ Career Development: The Salient Roles of Religious Calling, Life Satisfaction, and Quest Religiosity

“…As for reliability data, Batson (1976) reported an alpha coefficient of 0.82 for the composite score. Mikani et al (2022) , a measure of the level of willingness to alter R/S perspectives and consistent inspection of current belief system) were employed to assess openness (i.e., a continuing pursuit of religious information that may lead to religious belief modifications). Last, RA was included because it assesses peoples' experience with negative emotions due to challenging the status quo (e.g., doubts, questions) and isolation during their faith pilgrimage (Beck and Jessup 2004).…”