Although there is not yet a lot of research on this point, there are studies that suggest that religious participation (as opposed to affiliation alone) is important in shaping positive attitudes of tolerance based on race.
Recent research found that “[c]onservatives’ views of black people, Hispanics, and Asians improve the more frequently conservatives attend religious services” and “[f]requent conservative churchgoers also say they care more about racial equality.” Additionally, “nonreligious white Trump voters are about three times as likely as churchgoing white Trump voters to say their white racial identity is ‘extremely important’ to them (26 percent vs. 9 percent).”
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