Cultural religiosity: A neglected but powerful dimension of culture

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Cultural religiosity has received little attention in psychology. This is an oversight, as cultural religiosity is an impactful cross-cultural dimension. We proceed to demonstrate that cultural religiosity shapes human psychology through three paths. First, cultural religiosity influences personal religiosity, which has many personal consequences. Second, cultural religiosity engenders personal consequences, independent of personal religiosity. Finally, cultural religiosity qualifies many of the effects of personal religiosity on personal consequences. The three paths are not unique to cultural religiosity; equivalent paths exist for virtually all cross-cultural dimensions. Yet, the three paths are particularly impactful in the domain of cultural religiosity.

Original languageEnglish
JournalCurrent Opinion in Psychology
Volume40
Pages (from-to)73-78
Number of pages6
ISSN2352-250X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2021

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Funding Information:
Supported by the German Research Foundation ( DFG; Grants GE 2515/2-1 and GE 2515/6-1) and the J ohn Templeton Foundation (The Character Project at Wake Forest University; Grant ID #15519-11-011) .

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