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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wilson, J. Matthew.

Series:

Religion and politics series (Georgetown University)

Religion and politics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and politics--United States.

Religion and politics.

Christianity and politics--United States.

Christianity and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-58901-326-3

1-4356-2754-7

OCLC:

290561490