To Love Thy Neighbor : Exploring the Role of Religious and Social Belonging on American Polarization.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bledsoe, A. Scott.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2026.

Summary:

Through a novel survey data set and an expanded understanding of religious belonging, this book explores how and in what ways patterns of belonging influence levels of affective polarization among white evangelicals and the religiously unaffiliated, two of the most polarized groups in American politics.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: To Love Thy Neighbor

Chapter 1: Religious Belonging: Bonding Social Capital and Affective Polarization

Chapter 2: Social and Civic Belonging

Chapter 3: A Short History of American Evangelicalism

Chapter 4: Why "Evangelical" Doesn't Mean What We Think It Does

Chapter 5: The Nones: Belonging and Affective Polarization

Conclusion: Belief, Belonging, and Affective Polarization

Appendix: Full Regression Model Results

References

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Bledsoe, A. Scott To Love Thy Neighbor

ISBN:

9798216265344

OCLC:

1605656448