Recent research suggests that political beliefs in different geographic locations shape religious groups’ sensitivity toward and representation of moral intuitions. Guided by moral foundations theory, we test this possibility with content analysis. We compared moral intuitions represented in church sermons of one religious denomination located in counties with liberal versus conservative voting records. Fifty-eight sermons based on identical biblical texts were selected from churches located in 28 liberal and 30 conservative counties throughout the United States. Chi-square analyses revealed: (1) sermons from conservative counties featured more moral intuitions overall than sermons from liberal counties, and (2) ingroup loyalty was overrepresented in sermons from conservative counties.

最近的研究表明，不同地理位置的政治信仰影响着宗教团体对道德直觉的敏感性和代表性。在道德基础理论的指导下，我们通过内容分析来检验这种可能性。我们比较了在具有自由和保守投票记录的县中的一种宗教教派的教堂讲道中所代表的道德直觉。从全美28个自由和30个保守县的教堂中选取了基于相同圣经文本的58条布道。卡方分析显示：（1）保守县的讲道总体上比直觉县的讲道具有更多的道德直觉，（2）团体忠诚度在保守县的讲道中所占的比重过多。