Interfaith marriage attitudes in Muslim majority countries: A multilevel approach
Open Access
- 13 September 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
- Vol. 28 (4), 257-270
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2018.1517015
Abstract
This research uses multilevel structural equation modeling to examine Muslims’ attitudes toward interfaith marriage with Christians in 22 countries with a Muslim majority population (N = 21,373). Attitudes toward interfaith marriage, for sons and daughters separately, were measured with single items, and three binary items were used to measure participants’ religious beliefs. Overall attitudes were negative and more negative toward marriage of one’s daughter compared to one’s son. Stronger religious belief was associated with more negative attitudes, but less so for Muslims who perceived more similarities than differences between Islam and Christianity. Perceived religious similarity was associated with more positive attitudes. The proportion of Christians in a country was not associated with interfaith marriage attitudes. However, the association between belief and attitude was found to differ considerably across countries.Keywords
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