Political Mobilization in American Congregations: A Religious Economies Perspective
It has become an article of faith that congregations in America play an important role in the political mobilization of the faithful, but the reasons why congregations themselves provide political opportunities are not well understood. We unite various strands of work about congregational political...
| Published in: | Politics and religion |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2019]
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| In: |
Politics and religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 123-152 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Church congregation
/ Political mobilization
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CG Christianity and Politics KBQ North America ZC Politics in general |
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| Summary: | It has become an article of faith that congregations in America play an important role in the political mobilization of the faithful, but the reasons why congregations themselves provide political opportunities are not well understood. We unite various strands of work about congregational political engagement under the canopy of the religious economies model. Using the 2001 U.S. Congregational Life Study and 1998 National Congregations Study datasets, we show that market forces shape churches' provision of political goods, suggesting that the congregational embrace of political activities should be understood not as a politically strategic exercise, but as another way to reach out to new members and retain current ones. |
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| ISSN: | 1755-0491 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Politics and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1755048318000512 |