ABSTRACT The March 15th terrorist attack started a national dialogue about prejudice in New Zealand. Previous research has investigated attitudes towards Muslims in comparison to ethnic minorities. However, presently, there are no nationally representative studies in New Zealand systematically comparing attitudes to Muslims with attitudes to other religious groups. Here, we present evidence from the New Zealand edition of the International Social Survey Programme module on religion, a national postal survey (N = 1335) collected between September 2018 and February 2019. We assess perceived threat and negativity towards Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and Atheists. We find substantially greater perceived threat and negativity towards Muslims compared with other groups. In particular, older people, New Zealand Europeans, men, and those with more right-wing attitudes report greater threat and negativity towards Muslims. In line with previous studies, higher religious identification and higher education predict greater acceptance. Taken collectively, these results reveal that the Muslim Acceptance Gap in this country is substantial, and greater challenges for acceptance are evident among lower-educated, right-wing, older, secular, and male populations. The magnitude of this gap reveals a substantial challenge to the future of New Zealand where religious and secular people can live without evoking prejudice.

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对新西兰宗教团体态度的比较研究揭示了穆斯林特有的偏见

摘要 3 月 15 日的恐怖袭击开始了新西兰关于偏见的全国对话。先前的研究调查了与少数民族相比对穆斯林的态度。然而，目前，新西兰没有具有全国代表性的研究系统地比较对穆斯林的态度与对其他宗教团体的态度。在这里，我们提供了来自新西兰版国际社会调查计划宗教模块的证据，这是一项在 2018 年 9 月至 2019 年 2 月期间收集的全国邮政调查（N = 1335）。我们评估了对基督徒、穆斯林、印度教徒、佛教徒、犹太人和无神论者。与其他群体相比，我们发现对穆斯林的感知威胁和负面影响要大得多。尤其是老年人、新西兰欧洲人、男性、而那些持更多右翼态度的人报告说，他们对穆斯林的威胁和消极态度更大。与之前的研究一致，更高的宗教认同和更高的教育预示着更高的接受度。总的来说，这些结果表明，这个国家的穆斯林接受度差距很大，在受教育程度较低、右翼、年长、世俗和男性人口中，接受度面临更大的挑战。这一差距的巨大揭示了新西兰未来的重大挑战，在那里宗教和世俗人士可以在不引起偏见的情况下生活。这些结果表明，这个国家的穆斯林接受度差距很大，在受教育程度较低、右翼、年长、世俗和男性人口中，接受度面临更大的挑战。这一差距的巨大揭示了新西兰未来的重大挑战，在那里宗教和世俗人士可以在不引起偏见的情况下生活。这些结果表明，这个国家的穆斯林接受度差距很大，在受教育程度较低、右翼、年长、世俗和男性人口中，接受度面临更大的挑战。这一差距的巨大揭示了新西兰未来的重大挑战，在那里宗教和世俗人士可以在不引起偏见的情况下生活。