Political Values and Religious Cultures: Jews, Catholics, and Protestants

Instances of political behavior which bear no rational relationship to maximizing a group's material and social self-interest may be explained as responses to subcultural factors. Religious groups in America, despite their generally high level of acculturation, still retain ethical and belief s...

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Auteur principal: Parenti, Michael 1933- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: [1967]
Dans: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Année: 1967, Volume: 6, Numéro: 2, Pages: 259-269
Sujets non-standardisés:B Conservatism
B Morality
B Jewish peoples
B Judaism
B Protestantism
B Catholicism
B Jewish socialism
B Liberalism
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Résumé:Instances of political behavior which bear no rational relationship to maximizing a group's material and social self-interest may be explained as responses to subcultural factors. Religious groups in America, despite their generally high level of acculturation, still retain ethical and belief systems which influence basic conservative-liberal political orientations. The criteria used to distinguish sect from church seem to be of less importance in shaping political predispositions than beliefs centering around revealed dogma, salvation, impulse life, intellectualism vs. faith, and the nature of evil. The cultural belief systems of the various denominations operate as independent variables within the social structure.
ISSN:1468-5906
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1384052