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

Informationen zum Autor J. Matthew Wilson is associate professor of political science at Southern Methodist University. Klappentext 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 examine the religious and political currents within America's major religious traditions. J. Matthew Wilson and a group of prominent religion and politics scholars examine these topics and assess one question central to these issues: How does faith shape political action in America's diverse religious communities? From Pews to Polling Places seeks to cover a rich mosaic of religious and ethnic perspectives with considerable breadth by examining evangelical Christians, the religious left, Catholics, Mormons, African Americans, Latinos, Jews, and Muslims. Along with these groups, the book takes a unique look at the role of secular and antifundamentalist positions, adding an even wider outlook to these critical concerns. The contributors demonstrate how different theologies, histories, and social situations drive distinct conceptualizations of the relationship between religious and political life. At the same time, however, the book points to important commonalities across traditions that can inform our discussions on the impact of religion on political life. In emphasizing these similarities, the authors explore the challenges of political mobilization, partisanship, and the intersections of religion and ethnicity. Zusammenfassung Covers a mosaic of religious and ethnic perspectives with considerable breadth by examining evangelical Christians! the religious left! Catholics! Mormons! African Americans! Latinos! Jews! and Muslims. This book takes a look at the role of secular and antifundamentalist positions! adding an even wider outlook to the critical concerns. ...

Product details

• Authors: J. Matthew Wilson, J. Matthew (EDT) Wilson, WILSON J MATTHEW
• Assisted by: J Matthew Wilson (Editor), J. Matthew Wilson (Editor), J. Matthew (Dedman College) Wilson (Editor), Wilson J. Matthew (Editor)
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.2007
• EAN: 9781589011731
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-173-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Religion and Politics Series; Religion and Politics; Religion and Politics; Religion and Politics Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, RELIGION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Religious social & pastoral thought & activity