“Speak, Lord, Your Servant Is Listening”: Religious Priming Activates Submissive Thoughts and Behaviors

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Religion, spirituality, and altruism (2013, background): “…submissionrelated concepts, (b) increased the odds of showing behavioral retaliation when requested by the experimenter, and (c) increased conformity to informational influence exerted by anonymous others (Saroglou et al., 2009, Studies 1 and 2; Van Cappellen, Corneille, Cols, & Saroglou, 2011).”
Does religion increase moral behavior (2015, background): “to increase submission-related thoughts, obedience to authority figures, and conformity to group influence [14,15].”
Principles of Religious Prosociality: A Review and Reformulation (2010, background): “Furthermore, without the experimenter’s suggestion to seek revenge, religious primes actually increased prosocial behavior toward the other person, by selecting less difficult questions (Saroglou et al., 2009).”
Religion and Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Positive Emotions (2014, background): “Finally, religions are also related to prejudice and antisocial behaviors (Johnson et al. 2010; Saroglou et al. 2009).”