New study identifies two aspects of religiousness that are linked to non-prejudice
https://www.psypost.org/2019/08/new-stud...dice-54159
EXCERPT: New research helps explain why religious belief can be both positively and negatively associated with prejudicial attitudes. The findings have been published in the journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. “My colleagues and I observed that the relationship between religiousness and prejudice is complex,” said study author James A. Shepperd, the R. David Thomas Endowed Professor of Psychology at the University of Florida. “Some religious people are highly prejudiced. Previous research has indicated that the prejudice corresponds with being dogmatic, obedient, and punitive in one’s religious beliefs. Yet other religious people appear non-prejudiced. We sought to identify aspects of religiousness that are linked to non-prejudice.”
[...] The study — like all research — includes some limitations. ... “Our sample was adolescents from Florida who were mostly Christian. It remains to be seen whether our findings generalize to adults, to people in other parts of the country/world, and to people who belong to other religions. We have no reason to believe that our findings our unique to our sample, but these effects deserve replication,” Shepperd told PsyPost. “Our study relied on self-reports. Although the responses were completely anonymous, our sample may not have been completely forthcoming and their reports may not match their behaviors.” (MORE - details)
Religion 'still getting in the way of teaching human evolution'
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-a...evolution/
INTRO: More than a decade after human evolution received fully-fledged status in the school curriculum, many teachers either don't understand it or object to teaching it on religious grounds. “Life sciences teachers in South Africa are opposed to teaching evolution, mainly because they lack the content knowledge to do so, and they are concerned about the controversial nature of the topic, specifically as it relates to religion," said a University of Pretoria anthropologist who examined the progress of evolution education.
Reporting her findings in the South African Journal of Science, Clarisa Sutherland added: "Some teachers experience a conflict between their own religious beliefs and the requirement to teach evolution." The apartheid education system ignored evolution and "the ‘hidden’ curriculum during the time made creationism, patriotism, race relations and religion part of the everyday school experience of white learners,” said Sutherland. “This problem is the fact that evolution is an inherently difficult concept to teach and learn. The lack of education, along with sometimes deliberate misdirection, has, regrettably, fuelled the growth of misconceptions in evolutionary theory.” (MORE)
https://www.psypost.org/2019/08/new-stud...dice-54159
EXCERPT: New research helps explain why religious belief can be both positively and negatively associated with prejudicial attitudes. The findings have been published in the journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. “My colleagues and I observed that the relationship between religiousness and prejudice is complex,” said study author James A. Shepperd, the R. David Thomas Endowed Professor of Psychology at the University of Florida. “Some religious people are highly prejudiced. Previous research has indicated that the prejudice corresponds with being dogmatic, obedient, and punitive in one’s religious beliefs. Yet other religious people appear non-prejudiced. We sought to identify aspects of religiousness that are linked to non-prejudice.”
[...] The study — like all research — includes some limitations. ... “Our sample was adolescents from Florida who were mostly Christian. It remains to be seen whether our findings generalize to adults, to people in other parts of the country/world, and to people who belong to other religions. We have no reason to believe that our findings our unique to our sample, but these effects deserve replication,” Shepperd told PsyPost. “Our study relied on self-reports. Although the responses were completely anonymous, our sample may not have been completely forthcoming and their reports may not match their behaviors.” (MORE - details)
Religion 'still getting in the way of teaching human evolution'
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-a...evolution/
INTRO: More than a decade after human evolution received fully-fledged status in the school curriculum, many teachers either don't understand it or object to teaching it on religious grounds. “Life sciences teachers in South Africa are opposed to teaching evolution, mainly because they lack the content knowledge to do so, and they are concerned about the controversial nature of the topic, specifically as it relates to religion," said a University of Pretoria anthropologist who examined the progress of evolution education.
Reporting her findings in the South African Journal of Science, Clarisa Sutherland added: "Some teachers experience a conflict between their own religious beliefs and the requirement to teach evolution." The apartheid education system ignored evolution and "the ‘hidden’ curriculum during the time made creationism, patriotism, race relations and religion part of the everyday school experience of white learners,” said Sutherland. “This problem is the fact that evolution is an inherently difficult concept to teach and learn. The lack of education, along with sometimes deliberate misdirection, has, regrettably, fuelled the growth of misconceptions in evolutionary theory.” (MORE)