Going to Hell in Asia: The Relationship between Risk and Religion in a Cross Cultural Setting
Going to Hell in Asia: The Relationship between Risk and Religion in a Cross Cultural Setting
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DOI：
10.2307/3512141
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发表时间：
2000-09
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Alan S. Miller
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作者：
Alan S. Miller
本文探讨了个人风险偏好与个人宗教信仰之间的关系。米勒和霍夫曼（1995）提出，不信教是一种冒险行为，并进一步发现，男性和女性宗教信仰水平的差异大约有一半是由于他们的风险偏好不同。本文从跨国视角探讨了风险偏好与宗教信仰之间的关系。有人提出，不信教只代表西方的冒险行为（即，基督教和穆斯林）社会，因为这些宗教传统强调排他性，声称是唯一正确的精神道路。在东方（即，印度教和佛教）社会，宗教往往是非排他性的，重点是个人行为而不是组织关系，不参加主流宗教并不一定构成冒险行为。结果有力地支持了研究假设。
This paper explores the relationship between an individual s risk preference and his or her personal religiosity. Miller and Hoffmann (1995) proposed that being irreligious is aform of risk-taking behavior, andfurtherfound that approximately half of the difference between male and female levels of religiosity was due to differences in their riskpreferences. In this paper, the relationship between riskpreference and religiosity is exploredfrom a cross-nationalperspective. It is proposed that being irreligious only represents risk-taking behavior in Western (i.e., Christian and Muslim) societies, since those religious traditions emphasize exclusivity, claiming to be the one and only correct spiritual path. In Eastern (i.e., Hindu and Buddhist) societies, where religions tend to be non-exclusive and the emphasis is on personal behavior rather than organizational affiliation, not participating in the mainstream religion does not necessarily constitute risk-taking behavior Data from the World Values Survey are used. Results strongly support the research hypothesis.