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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451809403321

Titolo

From pews to polling places [[electronic resource] ] : faith and politics in the American religious mosaic / / edited by J. Matthew Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-58901-326-3

1-4356-2754-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Religion and politics series

Altri autori (Persone)

WilsonJ. Matthew

Disciplina

322/.10973

Soggetti

Religion and politics - United States

Christianity and politics - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prayers, parties, and preachers : the evolving nature of political and religious mobilization / Clyde Wilcox and Carin Robinson -- Evangelical and mainline Protestants at the turn of the millennium : taking stock and looking forward / Corwin E. Smidt -- Whither the religious left? : religiopolitical progressivism in twenty-first century America / Laura R. Olson -- The political behavior of American Catholics : change and continuity / Stephen T. Mockabee -- Dry kindling : a political profile of American Mormons / David E. Campbell and J. Quin Monson -- Liberation to mutual fund : political consequences of differing conceptions of Christ in the African American church / Melissa Harris-Lacewell -- Power in the pews? : religious diversity and Latino political attitudes and behaviors / Louis Desipio -- The evolution of Jewish pluralism : public opinion and political preferences of American Jews / Paul A. Djupe -- The politics of American Muslims / Paul A. Djupe and John C. Green -- Secularists, anti-fundamentalists, and the new religious divide in the American electorate / Louis Bolce and Gerald de Maio -- Religion and American political life : a look forward / J. Matthew Wilson.

Sommario/riassunto

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