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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Authors: Wilcox, Clyde (Author) ; Jelen, Ted G. (Author) ; Linzey, Sharon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications 1995
In: 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.
ISSN:2211-4866
Reference:Errata "Errata: Rethinking the Reasonableness of the Religious Right (1995)"
Contains:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3511534