Conflict Changes How People View God

Increased salience of conflict is related to increased punitive-God belief over time (288).

Loving-God correlations were also tested but not significant (p =.58)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Multiple regression	Supported	p = .009	b = .19 for conflict	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Conflict	Independent	Ingroup Antagonisms, Instigation Of War, Warfare
Punitive god belief	Dependent	Religious Beliefs, Spirits And Gods

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Caluori, Nava	2020	The salience of conflict is positively correlated with belief in a punitive (versus loving) God across cultures (283).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Skali, Ahmed	2016	Presence of a 'moralizing god' in ethnic belief systems is associated with frequency of armed conflict events (1).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	2021	There will be a positive correlation between dry climates and beliefs that high gods are associated with the weather.	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	2021	There will be a correlation between climates with extreme cold or hot temperatures and beliefs that high gods are associated with the weather.	Not supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Skoggard, Ian	2020	Belief in a high god will be positively associated with beyond-household resource sharing.	Not supported (0 of 8 models)	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author