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Abstract
Religious communication apprehension (RCA) is conceptualized as the anxiety or fear associated with either real or anticipated interaction about religion with people of other religions. A RCA scale was constructed and results from this study indicated that the scale is both generally valid and reliable. In this study, 426 participants completed surveys regarding their religious communication behavior. Findings also revealed a positive relationship between religious communication apprehension and religious receiver apprehension. There was a negative relationship among religious communication apprehension, tolerance for religious disagreement, and willingness to communicate about religion.
