From Pews to Polling Places : Faith and Politics in the American Religious Mosaic

Englisch

Washington : Georgetown University Press, 2010

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Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; ONE: Prayers, Parties, and Preachers: The Evolving Nature of Political and Religious Mobilization; TWO: Evangelical and Mainline Protestants at the Turn of the Millennium: Taking Stock and Looking Forward; THREE: Whither the Religious Left? Religiopolitical Progressivism in Twenty-First-Century America; FOUR: The Political Behavior of American Catholics: Change and Continuity; FIVE: Dry Kindling: A Political Profile of American Mormons

SIX: From Liberation to Mutual Fund: Political Consequences of Differing Conceptions of Christ in the African American ChurchSEVEN: Power in the Pews? Religious Diversity and Latino Political Attitudes and Behaviors; EIGHT: The Evolution of Jewish Pluralism: The Public Opinion and Political Preferences of American Jews; NINE: The Politics of American Muslims; TEN: Secularists, Antifundamentalists, and the New Religious Divide in the American Electorate; ELEVEN: Religion and American Political Life: A Look Forward; References; Contributors; Index;

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Klassifikation der Library of Congress: BL2525.F76 2007

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 322/.10973;

Does religion promote political mobilization? Are individuals motivated by their faith to focus on issues of social justice, personal morality, or both? What is the relationship between religious conviction and partisanship? Does religious identity reinforce or undermine other political identifications like race, ethnicity, and class? The answers to these questions are hardly monolithic, varying between and within major American religious groups. With an electoral climate increasingly shaped by issues of faith, values, and competing moral visions, it is both fascinating and essential to examin

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