Material insecurity predicts greater commitment to moralistic and less commitment to local deities : a cross-cultural investigation

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006287" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006287</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006287" target="_blank" >10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006287</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Material insecurity predicts greater commitment to moralistic and less commitment to local deities : a cross-cultural investigation

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The existential security hypothesis predicts that in the absence of more successful secular institutions, people will be attracted to religion when they are materially insecure. Most assessments, however, employ data sampled at a state-level with a focus on world religions. Using individual-level data collected in societies of varied community sizes with diverse religious traditions including animism, shamanism, polytheism, and monotheism, we conducted a systematic cross-cultural test (N = 1820; 14 societies) of the relationship between material insecurity (indexed by food insecurity) and religious commitment (indexed by both beliefs and practices). Moreover, we examined the relationship between material security and individuals’ commitment to two types of deities (moralistic and local), thus providing the first simultaneous test of the existential security hypothesis across co-existing traditions. Our results indicate that while material insecurity is associated with greater commitment to moralistic deities, it predicts less commitment to local deity traditions.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Material insecurity predicts greater commitment to moralistic and less commitment to local deities : a cross-cultural investigation

Popis výsledku anglicky

The existential security hypothesis predicts that in the absence of more successful secular institutions, people will be attracted to religion when they are materially insecure. Most assessments, however, employ data sampled at a state-level with a focus on world religions. Using individual-level data collected in societies of varied community sizes with diverse religious traditions including animism, shamanism, polytheism, and monotheism, we conducted a systematic cross-cultural test (N = 1820; 14 societies) of the relationship between material insecurity (indexed by food insecurity) and religious commitment (indexed by both beliefs and practices). Moreover, we examined the relationship between material security and individuals’ commitment to two types of deities (moralistic and local), thus providing the first simultaneous test of the existential security hypothesis across co-existing traditions. Our results indicate that while material insecurity is associated with greater commitment to moralistic deities, it predicts less commitment to local deity traditions.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60304 - Religious studies

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Religion, Brain & Behavior

ISSN

2153-599X

e-ISSN

2153-5981

Svazek periodika

12

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1-2

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

4-17

Kód UT WoS článku

000778745700002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85128338432