Despite abundant studies relating religiosity to various psycho-social criteria, religiosity as a construct has not been examined in relation to emotional intelligence (EI), the ability to perceive, understand and manage emotions toward adaptive behavior (Mayer & Salovey, 1997; Salovey & Mayer, 1990). Likewise, despite the pervasive scope of EI, little is known about the role religiosity may play in the manifestation and development of emotional intelligence skills. The present study endeavors to address this absence in the research literature by empirically examining the extent to which religiosity, operationalized as religious orientation and religious behavior, is related to EI. A questionnaire consisting of a religious orientation scale; i.e., the Intrinsic-Extrinsic Orientation Scale-Revised (I/E-ROS; Gorsuch & McPherson, 1989); and emotional intelligence measures; i.e., the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS; Salovey et al., 1995) and scales of emotional and cognitive empathy (Davis, 1980); in addition to questions regarding behavioral religious participation, was filled out by 148 church-attending adult Christians. Results showed that intrinsic religious orientation was positively correlated with overall EI, its subcomponent emotional understanding, as well as emotional and cognitive empathy. Among the behavioral measures of religiosity, the number of religious group activities was positively associated with EI, whereas years of church attendance was unrelated. Significant positive correlations were also found between level of religious commitment, as indicated by both church status and involvement in ministry service, and EI. While both attitudinal and behavioral measures of religiosity were significantly predictive of EI, the former proved to be a more powerful predictor of EI than the latter. The implications of these findings, at both the theoretical and clinical level, as well as the limitations of the study and recommendations for future research are discussed.