Abrahamic Family or Start-Up Nation?: Competing Messages of Common Identity and Their Effects on Intergroup Prejudice
Abstract
:1. Introduction: Religion and Intergroup Relations
1.1. Negative Impact of Religion on Intergroup Relations
1.2. Potential Positive Impact of Religion
1.3. Religion and the Common Ingroup Identity Theory
Study 1
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Variables
3. Results
4. Discussion
Study 2
5. Materials and Methods
5.1. Participants
5.2. Procedure
5.3. Variables
6. Results
7. Discussion
8. General Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Interfaith Attitudes Questionnaire
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- Gender: Male/Female
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- Age: 18–30/31–40/41–50/Above 50
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- Religion: Muslim/Christian/Druze/Other
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- My family’s lifestyle: Religious/Traditional/Secular
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- My political stance: Very right-wing/Right-wing/Centrist/Left-wing/Very left-wing/No stance. *If you’re unsure of your stance, you can write your parents’ political stance.
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- Education: I studied at a mixed academic institution like a college or university/I studied at an Arabic-speaking academic institution only/I didn’t study in academic studies.
Stereotypes | ||
1. Jews usually act dishonestly | 1 2 3 4 5 | Jews usually act honestly |
2. Eventually all Jews are religiously and politically extreme | 1 2 3 4 5 | There are moderate Jews religiously and politically and there are extremists. They are not “one block” |
3. Jews are controlled by emotions and act irrationally | 1 2 3 4 5 | Jews control their emotions and act rationally |
4. Jews don’t care about cleanliness and grooming | 1 2 3 4 5 | Jews care about cleanliness and grooming |
5. Jews are usually less intelligent and educated than people of other religions | 1 2 3 4 5 | Jews are intelligent and educated at least as much as people of other religions |
6. Jews are usually less considerate and caring for others than other people | 1 2 3 4 5 | Jews are usually considerate and caring for others at least as much as other people |
7. Compared to other people, Jews are uncultured and hold views belonging to the past | 1 2 3 4 5 | Compared to other people, Jews are cultured and hold progressive views |
8. Jews have no respect for human rights and freedom | 1 2 3 4 5 | Jews respect human rights and freedom |
9. Compared to people of other religions, Jews tend to follow their leaders “blindly” | 1 2 3 4 5 | Compared to people of other religions, Jews tend to criticize their leaders more and think independently |
Social Proximity | |
1. I would be willing to have Jewish friends | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
2. On school trips, it would be worthwhile to take us to synagogues and Jewish historical sites | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
3. I would be interested in talking to Jews and learning more about them | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
4. I would be willing to have Jews rent apartments in my neighborhood | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
5. It would be worthwhile to learn Arabic and Jewish history from a Jewish teacher | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
Social Distance | |
1. I wouldn’t want to talk to Jews | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
2. It’s better to stay away from places where there are Jews | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
3. It frightens me to think that I would have a Jewish teacher | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
4. I wouldn’t be willing to be friends with someone Jewish | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
5. I wouldn’t be willing to live next to Jews | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
Threat | |
1. Judaism is hostile to Arab states | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
2. Jewish doctors, nurses, and workers in hospitals save many lives (reverse) | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
3. Judaism is a dangerous religion that aims to harm Muslims | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
4. Judaism doesn’t want to harm countries or interfere in their affairs (reverse) | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
5. Jews support the killing of all non-Jews | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
6. Jews want to integrate into countries as regular citizens (reverse) | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
7. Most Jews want to live quietly and peacefully (reverse) | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
8. Jews want to take over the world | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
Shared Identity | |
1. Since Abraham/Ibrahim is the father of both Islam and Judaism, it can be said that Muslims and Jews belong to the same ‘family’ of religions | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
2. Jews, like Muslims, believe in an Abrahamic religion | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
3. Although Islam and Judaism are different religions, they both belong to one religious group | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
4. Judaism and Islam have common roots | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
1 | It is usually presented, citing only the opening declaration of tolerance and security for minorities, omitting the long list of prohibitions stressing Christian and Jewish inferiority, as can be seen in numerous web images, as in the Ummar mosque, in Jerusalem (“he gave them [Jerusalem’s Christians) security for themselves, their money, their churches, their crosses, the rest of her community. Their churches will not be inhabited or demolished, nor will their space, nor their cross, nor any of their money be diminished. They will not be forced to follow their religion, and none of them will be harmed, and not a single Jew will live with them.” See for example photo and translation of the plaque in the entrance to Umar’s Mosque which was used in our study. Retrieved from https://www.islam21c.com/islamic-thought/the-treaty-of-umar/ (accessed on 7 July 2023). |
2 | e.g., “Israel will maintain complete equality of rights…without discrimination in terms of religion, race, and gender, and it will guarantee freedom of worship… The State of Israel will be open to Jewish immigration and the diaspora, and will strive to develop the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants. It will be based on the pillars of freedom, justice and peace, guided by the prophecies of the prophets of Israel… We appeal—in the very midst of the onslaught launched against us now for months—to the Arab inhabitants of the State of Israel to preserve peace and participate in the upbuilding of the State on the basis of full and equal citizenship and due representation in all its provisional and permanent institutions”. See English translation is Israeli parliament website https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/about/pages/declaration.aspx (accessed on 7 July 2023). |
3 | https://mako.co.il/judaism-religious-news/Article-79cfe467463ac51006.htm (accessed on 7 July 2023); https://hevdel.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%94%D7%91%D7%93%D7%9C-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%94%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%91%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%9D/ (accessed on 7 July 2023). |
4 | Such as https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001366215 (accessed on 7 July 2023). |
5 | https://monshidat.yoo7.com/t17221-topic (accessed on 7 July 2023). |
6 | An alternative model in which common identity impacted threat and threat impacted stereotypes and social closeness showed insufficient fit (Chi2(1) = 8.56, p = .003; NFI = .82, CFI = 82; RMSEA = .24). |
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M | SD | Religiosity | Stereotypes | Threat | Social Distance | |
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Religiosity | 2.45 | .63 | ||||
Stereotypes | 1.97 | .74 | −.12 * | |||
Threat | 2.11 | .89 | .14 ** | .48 ** | ||
Social distance | 1.79 | 1.09 | .09 | .31 ** | .28 ** | |
Social closeness | 2.53 | 1.29 | −.22 ** | .30 ** | −.38 ** | −.25 ** |
Condition | Control (N = 154) | Religious Analogy (N = 60) | Present Analogy (N = 110) | F | η2 | |||
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M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |||
Change in stereotypes | −.21 b | .72 | −.12 c | .58 | .36 bc | .93 | 18.62 ** | .10 |
Change in threat | .11 d | .91 | −.28 de | 1.08 | .14 e | 1.00 | 4.06 * | .03 |
Change in social distance | −.21 | 1.37 | −.28 | 1.08 | −.01 | 1.31 | 1.16 | .01 |
Change in social closeness | .09 f | 1.22 | .65 fg | 1.22 | −.08 g | 1.31 | 6.69 ** | .04 |
B | Std. Error | Beta | t | |
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Religiosity | .38 | .11 | .19 | 3.35 ** |
Condition | .52 | .17 | .17 | 3.04 ** |
Change in Stereotypes | −.19 | .09 | −.12 | −2.11 * |
Change in Threat | −.21 | .07 | −.17 | −2.81 ** |
M | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
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| 2.02 | .49 | |||||
| 3.37 | 1.19 | −.18 * | ||||
| 2.97 | .74 | .09 | −.08 | |||
| 2.49 | .86 | .21 * | −.07 | .35 ** | ||
| 2.20 | .70 | .05 | −.17 * | .10 | .42 ** | |
| 2.90 | .76 | −.07 | .30 ** | −.39 ** | −.13 | −.09 |
Change in | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| 2.03 | .50 | |||||
| .35 | 1.15 | .02 | ||||
| −.19 | .80 | .08 | −.27 ** | |||
| −.02 | .85 | −.08 | −.15 | .22 ** | ||
| .05 | .75 | .02 | −.05 | .16 | .32 ** | |
| .24 | .78 | −.05 | .36 ** | −.34 ** | −.14 | −.01 |
Condition | Control N = 45 | F (1,44) | η2 | Inter-Religious Similarity N = 45 | F (1,44) | η2 | “Start-Up Nation” Identity N = 47 | F (1,46) | η2 | ||||
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M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||||||||
Common identity | Pre | 3.02 | 1.23 | 3.00 | .06 | 3.66 | 1.07 | 4.38 * | .09 | 3.44 | 1.20 | 5.90 * | .11 |
Post | 3.36 | 1.16 | 4.03 | 1.10 | 3.78 | 1.06 | |||||||
Stereotypes | Pre | 2.83 | .70 | 1.32 | .02 | 3.03 | .75 | 7.32 * | .14 | 3.05 | .76 | .57 | .01 |
Post | 2.71 | .80 | 2.64 | .73 | 2.97 | .68 | |||||||
Threat | Pre | 2.29 | .83 | 7.30 * | .14 | 2.41 | .77 | 2.45 | .53 | 2.75 | .91 | 4.85 * | .95 |
Post | 2.66 | .77 | 2.21 | .61 | 2.53 | .72 | |||||||
Social distance | Pre | 2.20 | .72 | 2.53 | .05 | 2.20 | .69 | .23 | .01 | 2.22 | .69 | .04 | .00 |
Post | 2.39 | .63 | 2.15 | .61 | 2.23 | .59 | |||||||
Social closeness | Pre | 2.96 | .78 | 3.41 | .07 | 2.79 | .76 | 6.86 * | .13 | 2.94 | .76 | 3.31 | .06 |
Post | 3.20 | .70 | 3.11 | .68 | 3.11 | .58 |
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Goldberg T, Sliman LAE. Abrahamic Family or Start-Up Nation?: Competing Messages of Common Identity and Their Effects on Intergroup Prejudice. Behavioral Sciences. 2025; 15(4):460. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15040460
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APA StyleGoldberg, T., & Sliman, L. A. E. (2025). Abrahamic Family or Start-Up Nation?: Competing Messages of Common Identity and Their Effects on Intergroup Prejudice. Behavioral Sciences, 15(4), 460. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15040460