Paul A. Djupe, Christopher P. Gilbert

The Political Influence of Churches

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Djupe and Gilbert investigate how membership in organized religious bodies shapes the political life of members.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780521692199
• ISBN-10: 0521692199
• Artikelnr.: 25427788

Autorenporträt

Paul A. Djupe is Associate Professor of Political Science at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. He is the coauthor of Religious Interests in Community Conflict: Beyond the Culture Wars, The Prophetic Pulpit: Clergy, Churches, and Communities in American Politics, and Religious Institutions and Minor Parties in the United States, as well as articles on religion and politics appearing in such journals as American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Politics and Religion, and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A theory of religious influence on political behavior; 2. Social
networks and church structure: congregations, small groups, informal
contacts; 3. Clergy influences and religious commitment reconsidered:
reconciling old and new influences on political behavior; 4.
Church-centered influences on public opinion; 5. The resourceful believer:
generating civic skills in church; 6. The construction of political
mobilization in churches; 7. Present but not accounted for: churches,
institutional treatment, and gender differences in civic resources; 8.
Conclusion.