From pews to politics: religious sermons and political participation in Africa
Does religion influence political participation? This book takes up this pressing debate using Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa as its empirical base to demonstrate that religious teachings communicated in sermons can influence both the degree and the form of citizens' political participation...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne, VIC
Cambridge University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Christianity
/ Political participation
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| Further subjects: | B
Political participation ; Africa, Sub-Saharan
B Africa, Sub-Saharan Religion B Christianity and politics ; Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Sermons B Christianity and politics Sermons (Africa, Sub-Saharan) B Political Participation Religious aspects B Political participation ; Religious aspects B Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Religion B Political Participation (Africa, Sub-Saharan) |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Does religion influence political participation? This book takes up this pressing debate using Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa as its empirical base to demonstrate that religious teachings communicated in sermons can influence both the degree and the form of citizens' political participation. McClendon and Riedl document some of the current diversity of sermon content in contemporary Christian houses of worship and then use a combination of laboratory experiments, observational survey data, focus groups, and case comparisons in Zambia, Uganda, and Kenya to interrogate the impact of sermon exposure on political participation and the longevity of that impact. Pews to Politics in Africa leverages the pluralism of sermons in sub-Saharan Africa to gain insight into the content of cultural influences and their consequences for how ordinary citizens participate in politics. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Sep 2019) |
| ISBN: | 1108761208 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108761208 |