Divine inhibition: Does thinking about God make monotheistic believers less creative?

As individuals are given wider latitude to openly practice and express their faith at work, it is likely that believers will spend least part of working life actively thinking about God. Yet, despite the central role belief in God plays people’s lives, research has little attention impact on task performance. The current investigates relationship between monotheistic believers’ creativity. We conducted six studies using different populations, mixed methods complementary measures Our results, as well meta-analyses our experimental data, provide converging evidence less creative than non-believers this effect strengthened when they Thinking activates mindset passive followership which inhibits creativity believers. discuss potential implications for future religiosity, followership.