Rethinking the Reasonableness of the Religious Right
Using a sample of members of Moral Majority, we compare two general explanations of activism within the organization: "pathological" theories, which posit a connection between personal deficiencies and conservative political activism, and "representational" theories, in which sup...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
1995
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Review of religious research
Year: 1995, Volume: 36, Issue: 3, Pages: 263-276 |
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| Summary: | Using a sample of members of Moral Majority, we compare two general explanations of activism within the organization: "pathological" theories, which posit a connection between personal deficiencies and conservative political activism, and "representational" theories, in which supporters of right-wing organizations are thought to be motivated primarily by unrepresented policy preferences. We find much stronger support for the representational view and offer several possible explanations for this finding. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Reference: | Errata "Errata: Rethinking the Reasonableness of the Religious Right (1995)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511534 |