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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 322/.10973
• Soggetto topico: Religion and politics - United States; Christianity and politics - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WilsonJ. Matthew
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: From pews to polling places
• ISBN: 1-58901-326-3; 1-4356-2754-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451809403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion and politics series (Georgetown University)