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Jeremy Ginges

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Social psychologist @LSE studying cooperation and conflict across cultural divides

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Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · Jul 17

During these terrible days of Israel’s genocide in Gaza , it’s easy to come to the false conclusion that conflict is inevitable and rests on deep differences such as attachment to different types of religious belief. The JPSP paper described by Mikey in this thread below is a nice antidote.

Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · Jul 17

Now out in JPSP! Behavioral economic experiments w/ Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Jews in the U.S., Israel and Fiji show that belief in God can facilitate cooperation, even across religious divides! More about our work (co-led with @jeremyginges.bsky.social) below! psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

Screenshot of title and abstract of paper, "In their God we trust: Religious Cognition increases cooperation across religious divides."

Abstract: Belief in moralizing Gods is widely thought to foster cooperation between coreligionists, but there is disagreement regarding whether this effect is limited to the religious ingroup or if it extends to members of religious outgroups. Here we report the results of a cross-cultural research program that demonstrates that people who think about God (a) are more trusted by both coreligionists and members of other religious groups and (b) typically behave in a more trustworthy manner toward both ingroups and outgroups. We ran three preregistered
studies (N= 1,784) with Christians and Muslims in the United States, Jews and Muslims in Israel, and Christians and Hindus in Fiji. Our contexts varied in multiple ways, including the level of intergroup conflict.
Using two-player trust games involving real money, we varied whether participants interacted with ingroup or outgroup members and whether reciprocators considered God when deciding how much to return to trustors. We nd in each context that making moralizing God beliefs of one player salient enhances both intragroup and intergroup cooperation. Our ndings add to a nascent literature documenting the potential for religious cognition to extend moral norms across intergroup divides. We discuss implications for theories of the emergence of moralizing Gods and implications for public debates about religious pluralism in diverse societies.

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Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 4d

The statement, which Trump shared on social media, also includes the word genocide.

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 4d

Hamas’s statement, that Trump seemed to welcome, has flipped the script on Netanyahu. Essentially they have taken us back to the third stage of the last ceasefire agreement - the agreement Israel broke to avoid the very negotiations Hamas is calling for.

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 5d

I’m filled with horror hearing about the violent synagogue attack in Manchester. Messages of solidarity like this one have helped

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d

Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d

Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester

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Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 10d

Many are afraid to act, intimidated by disinformation and fear of being labelled as antisemitic. Clear statements and clear calls for action would help

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 10d

In your original letter, two years ago, you wrote asking the community to condemn the actions of Hamas, calling it a moral imperative. This type of call is absent in the current letter. Asking the community to condemn and act to stop Israel’s genocide would be very powerful.

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 10d

Apart from a few individuals I don’t know much about what the signatories do and the comments were not directed towards individuals but to the letter and collective organized responses.

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 10d

I want particularly talking about divesting from the academic community (i don’t think that’s so important in stopping the genocide). I was thinking of broader action. And of course Israel is not the source of evil in the world - I don’t think that implication can be found in my comments.

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 10d

I do support all efforts to end the genocide. There are organizations in Israel that act to oppose the genocide, but the academy has not been one of those. The letter did not describe any efforts to end the genocide for me to support. I think that would be helpful.

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

The letter does not clearly state what can no longer be denied (surely) that Israel is carrying out a genocide. That is deeply painful for us. Every time I write the word I feel it. But it is of course nothing in comparison to the horror of the victims. Clear statements are necessary.

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

The letter does not call for any action to stop the genocide! If one is concerned about genocide a call for action by any nonviolent means possible is necessary. This includes sanctions and disinvestment.

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

The letter deflects all responsibility to the government and does not acknowledge that the genocide has been carried out under a cloak of complicit silence (at best).

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

The letter does not take any accountability for the lack of action in the two years between the prior statement and this one. Where was our community during that time?

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

There is an ongoing genocide in Gaza. This letter does not go close to meeting the moment. Without taking responsibility, without being willing to bear a cost to stop a genocide, I think it will be read as virtue signaling.

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

Israeli social psychologists have published a letter condemning the actions of the Israeli government. I welcome the letter. I also fear it does not go nearly far enough. Thread ..

Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · 22d

Breaking a hiatus to post this.

A group of Israeli Social Psychologists, myself included, wrote a letter to speak out clearly against the Israeli government’s decisions and the resulting devastation in Gaza.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

In hopes of peace and safety for all, and soon

A Letter by Israeli Social Psychologists

Dear friends of the Social Psychology community, After October 7, a group of Israeli social psychologists, including many of us, wrote a letter expressing our deep shock at the massacre, abuse, rape,...

docs.google.com

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Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

Finally I am concerned about the reluctance to state that there is an ongoing genocide. At this point things need to be stated clearly. This in itself is deeply painful for us but it’s a pain that is nothing compared to the pain in Gaza

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

I am disappointed that there is no clear call for action to stop the genocide. We must call for sanctions, for disinvestment until the genocide is over. If we are concerned we must state it should be stopped by all nonviolent means necessary.

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Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

I am troubled that the letter deflects responsibility to the government. Yes the government did this but they did this under a cloak of complicity. This must be acknowledged.

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

I am disturbed that the letter does not take any accountability for the lack of action in the two years between the prior statement and this one. Where was our community during that time?

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

I welcome this letter but I fear it does not go nearly far enough in the face of an ongoing genocide. Without taking responsibility, without being willing to bear a cost to stop a genocide, I think it will be read as virtue signaling

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

I look back on this post and see the “well done” was wildly overstated. @ispp-pops.bsky.social action in opposing Israel’s genocide in Gaza is welcome but it is shameful that clear statements of condemnation and clear calls for action were not made beforehand.

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

Well done to ISPP. It’s a painful statement for me to read, but it’s important to stand in clear opposition to genocide.

ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social · 14d

ISPP's Executive Committee has RETRACTED our August 2025 statement on Gaza and has released a new statement.
ispp.org/.../NEW-ISPP....

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

I am also outraged at the crimes we have committed against our own identity, against our own history. Now we need to decolonize our society not just for the sake of peace, or for the sake of our identity. But for the sake of our sense of self.

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

I don’t think we have come to terms with this. I am most outraged that we, that Israel and Israel’s have carried out this unspeakable crime against Palestinians.

Jeremy Ginges @jeremyginges.bsky.social · 13d

The genocide Israel is carrying out in Gaza will be a stain on Jewish identity for all time. It will involve a transformation of our conceptualization of who we are. We are now part of a collective that carried out a genocide.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 13d

Israel killed 22 people - including nine children - in strikes on Gaza City on Wednesday, Palestinian officials have said.

Gaza civil defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal described the killings as a "horrific massacre".

news.sky.com/story/israel...

Israel kills 22 people including nine children in 'horrific massacre' in Gaza, Palestinian officials say

Video purportedly from the scene of the attack on the Souq Firas area of Gaza City shows the bodies of children being pulled from rubble.

news.sky.com

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