Support for religious minorities’ rights among (non)religious national majority group members: A motivational approach to worldviews

Tuuli Anna Renvik (Mähönen), Viivi Eskelinen, Jonas Kunst, Jolanda Jetten, Jolanda van der Noll, Anette Rohmann, Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti

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Increasing religious diversity caused by immigration is often perceived as a threat to national majority members' (non)religious worldviews. However, defensive reactions to diversity are not inevitable. Building on the social identity approach and motivated identity construction theory, we argue that (non)religious worldviews that satisfy motivational needs may promote support for religious minorities' rights. We tested this hypothesis in a sample of 1,499 national majority group members in four countries with Christian traditions (Australia, Finland, Germany, and Norway). Participants reported their adherence to a (non)religious worldview in terms of their (dis)belief in God, and also the extent to which their worldview satisfied their needs for belonging, continuity, and meaning in life. The more religious worldview was perceived to satisfy these motives, the more religious majority group members supported religious minorities' rights. Worldview motive satisfaction was not associated with support for religious minorities' rights among the non-religious. In addition, perceived diversity threat was associated with weaker support for minority rights, but again, this negative effect of threat was less evident among religious participants whose religious worldview satisfied their needs for belonging, continuity, and meaning. We conclude that communities based on a shared (religious) worldview should invest in fulfilling the motivational needs of their members, to foster interreligious solidarity. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.
Originalspråkengelska
TidskriftJournal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
Antal sidor13
ISSN1052-9284
DOI
StatusPublicerad - 23 maj 2023
MoE-publikationstypA1 Tidskriftsartikel-refererad

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