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From Pews to Polling Places : Faith and Politics in the American Religious Mosaic.

Does religion promote political mobilization? Are individuals motivated by their faith to focus on issues of social justice, personal morality, or both? What is the relationship between religious conviction and partisanship? Does religious identity reinforce or undermine other political identificati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilson, J. Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : Georgetown University Press, 2010.
Colección:Religion and politics series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Does religion promote political mobilization? Are individuals motivated by their faith to focus on issues of social justice, personal morality, or both? What is the relationship between religious conviction and partisanship? Does religious identity reinforce or undermine other political identifications like race, ethnicity, and class? The answers to these questions are hardly monolithic, varying between and within major American religious groups. With an electoral climate increasingly shaped by issues of faith, values, and competing moral visions, it is both fascinating and essential to examin.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (337 pages).
ISBN:9781589013261
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