Religion and Military Policy Attitudes in America

The present study assesses the relationship between religious faith, worship discourse, and military policy attitudes among White Americans. Our work suggests that religious congregations are important spaces for Whites to potentially engage in dissenting political talk. We find that the degree to w...

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Published in:Review of religious research
Authors: Brown, Ronald E. (Author) ; Brown, R. Khari (Author) ; Blase, Aaron W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2013
In: Review of religious research
Further subjects:B Military policy attitudes
B Worship discourse
B Religious Faith
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Summary:The present study assesses the relationship between religious faith, worship discourse, and military policy attitudes among White Americans. Our work suggests that religious congregations are important spaces for Whites to potentially engage in dissenting political talk. We find that the degree to which congregations inform military policy attitudes, laity must be involved in political discussions. However, this study also suggests that religious faith plays a role in the degree to which political discussions had within worship spaces associates with anti-war attitudes. White Evangelical Protestants tend to be less opposed to aggressive military policy than others. These differences become particularly pronounced among Evangelical and Mainline Protestants as members of these religious faiths become involved in and/or exposed to social-political discussions within worship spaces.
ISSN:2211-4866
Contains:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s13644-013-0120-7