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SUMMARY:The Social Consequences of Traditional Religion in Contemporary Af
 rica - Sara Lowes (University of California\, San Diego)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251029T123000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251029T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Although Christianity has spread widely across sub-Saharan Afr
 ica\, traditional religious beliefs remain central to social\, economic\, 
 and political life. Scholarship and first-hand experiences suggest that Ch
 ristianity’s belief in a universal god – meaning the same god and path
  to salvation for everyone in the world – has contributed to the stigmat
 ization of traditional African religions. We examine this empirically in n
 orthern DRC. A census of churches and sermons shows that traditional relig
 ion is frequently mentioned and almost always negatively. Lab-in-the-field
  experiments reveal that individuals identified as traditional believers a
 re treated less prosocially. This behavior is supported by antisocial norm
 s and negative stereotypes specific to traditional religion. These antisoc
 ial consequences are unique to traditional religion\, are present in all s
 egments of our sample\, and intensify with better economic development. Us
 ing survey data from across Africa we find results consistent with our exp
 erimental findings from the DRC. Finally\, in both our DRC experiments and
  in our cross-Africa surveys\, we find that the effects we uncover are sys
 tematically stronger in areas with more early Christian missionary activit
 y. Together\, the findings demonstrate how adopting a universal religion l
 ike Christianity can foster prejudice and mistreatment toward adherents of
  traditional beliefs.\n\nWritten with Etienne Le Rossignol and Nathan Nunn
 \nSpeakers:\nSara Lowes (University of California\, San Diego)
LOCATION:Manor Road Building (Skills Lab)\, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/11ae5d5a-8f12-413a-949b-9b4371eefb66/
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