Religiocentrism and ethnocentrism: Catholic and protestant in australian schools

Abstract

The assumption that Roman Catholics are more religiocentric is challenged. New attitude scales to measure religiocentrism and ethnocentrism were constructed. In a study of Australian fifth form students in two Catholic and two public schools, religiocentrism and ethnocentrism were shown to be uncorrelated with religious background. The implications of this for teachers and for social science are briefly explored. © 1971 Association for the Sociology of Religion.