Recent anthropological and sociological studies have emphasized the cognitive functions of religion, but few have drawn on relevant work by cognitive social psychologists. One current social psychological approach, attribution theory, is especially promising for the study of religion because it deals directly with individuals' interpretations of their own experiences and behavior. Three lines...
* This is pubication A-29 of the Survey Research Center, University of California, Berkeley. The paper was written as part of a five-year program of research on various aspects of anti-Semitism being conducted at the Survey Center, under the general direction of Charles Y. Glock. The research is supported by a grant from the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. I should like to thank...