Elizabeth Sperber
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 337936 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Elizabeth Sperber |
| PRENOMES | Elizabeth |
| SOBRENOME | Sperber |
| ASSINATURA | SPERBER E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Denver |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4717-5110 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 48 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Comparing religious and secular interventions to increase young adult political participation
It is often assumed that, in highly religious environments, religious messages that promote political participation will more effectively influence behavior than nonreligious messages with the same goal. To our knowledge, however, this assumption remains untested. We present results from a community‐collaborative study implemented prior to elections in Zambia, an overwhelmingly Christian country with a youth‐skewed population. We randomized young…
Reducing Gender Gaps in Political Participation with Efficacy Promotion
In many countries, women participate in politics at lower rates than men. This gap is often most pronounced among young adults. Civic education programs that provide non-partisan political information are commonly used to try to close this gender gap. However, information alone rarely reduces the gap and sometimes exacerbates it. We extend the literature emphasizing the psychological resources women need to participate by evaluating whether embed…
Pastoral Power, Clerical State
Journal Article Pastoral Power, Clerical State: Pentecostalism, Gender, and Sexuality in Nigeria. By Ebenezer Obadare Get access Pastoral Power, Clerical State: Pentecostalism, Gender, and Sexuality in Nigeria. By Ebenezer Obadare. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. 222pp. $35.00 paper. Elizabeth Sheridan Sperber Elizabeth Sheridan Sperber The University of Denver, Denver, Colorado [email protected] Search for other work…
Delivering Democracy? Comparing Catholic Bishops' Advocacy for Democracy in Malawi and Zambia, 1987-2022
As national leaders of the Catholic Church, bishops were widely recognized as 'midwives' of democratic transitions in many African states in the 1990s. This paper expands understanding of bishops' subsequent political engagement by systematically analyzing their attempts to 'deliver' democracy during the difficult decades following transition. Focusing on Malawi and Zambia between 1987 and 2022, we situate and analyse bishops' most influential pu…
Comparing Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians' Religious and Political Beliefs Across Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa
This article compares the political correlates of Renewalist Christianity in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa (N= 44,832). Renewalists include Pentecostals and Charismatic members of Mainline Protestant and Catholic churches. Though rarely studied comparatively, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa boast the largest Renewalist populations worldwide. Scholars have noted that the religious and political beliefs of Renewalists differ from other …
Increasing Youth Political Engagement with Efficacy Not Obligation
Pentecostal Identity and Citizen Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa
Since the 1980s, Pentecostal and other born again Christian movements have become increasingly prominent in the public spheres of many sub-Saharan African states. A dearth of reliable survey data has constrained investigation of the potential influence of these religious movements on political attitudes and participation. This article analyzes original survey data from Zambia, a majority-Christian nation. These data, from a stratified random samp…
Increasing opportunities for inner-city youth
The potential of asset‐based development strategies for poverty alleviation in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Ssewamala FM, Sperber, ES, Zimmerman JM, Karimli L. The potential of asset‐based development strategies for poverty alleviation in Sub‐Saharan Africa Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 433–443 © 2010 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and International Journal of Social Welfare. This article explores the potential of a relatively new approach to social development as a poverty alleviation strategy in Sub‐Saharan Africa (S…
Effect of Economic Assets on Sexual Risk-Taking Intentions Among Orphaned Adolescents in Uganda
Objectives. We examined the effect of economic assets on sexual risk-taking intentions among school-going AIDS-orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda. Methods. AIDS-orphaned adolescents from 15 comparable schools were randomly assigned to control (n = 133) or treatment (n = 127) conditions. Treatment participants received child savings accounts, workshops, and mentorship. This economic intervention was in addition to the traditional care and suppor…
Adapting and disseminating a community-collaborative, evidence-based HIV/Aids prevention programme
In recent years, calls for the scaling-up, or more broad dissemination of evidence-based HIV prevention programmes, have increased. This paper responds to the call for increasing applicable knowledge about programme dissemination by reviewing the history of a major evidence-based human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention and mental health promotion programme that has been adapted successfully and pilot-tested across four settings - including …
Effect of Economic Assets on Sexual Risk-Taking Intentions Among Orphaned Adolescents in Uganda
Objectives. We examined the effect of economic assets on sexual risk-taking intentions among school-going AIDS-orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda. Methods. AIDS-orphaned adolescents from 15 comparable schools were randomly assigned to control (n = 133) or treatment (n = 127) conditions. Treatment participants received child savings accounts, workshops, and mentorship. This economic intervention was in addition to the traditional care and suppor…
The potential of asset‐based development strategies for poverty alleviation in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Ssewamala FM, Sperber, ES, Zimmerman JM, Karimli L. The potential of asset‐based development strategies for poverty alleviation in Sub‐Saharan Africa Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 433–443 © 2010 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and International Journal of Social Welfare. This article explores the potential of a relatively new approach to social development as a poverty alleviation strategy in Sub‐Saharan Africa (S…
Pentecostal Identity and Citizen Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa
Since the 1980s, Pentecostal and other born again Christian movements have become increasingly prominent in the public spheres of many sub-Saharan African states. A dearth of reliable survey data has constrained investigation of the potential influence of these religious movements on political attitudes and participation. This article analyzes original survey data from Zambia, a majority-Christian nation. These data, from a stratified random samp…
Increasing Youth Political Engagement with Efficacy Not Obligation
Comparing religious and secular interventions to increase young adult political participation
It is often assumed that, in highly religious environments, religious messages that promote political participation will more effectively influence behavior than nonreligious messages with the same goal. To our knowledge, however, this assumption remains untested. We present results from a community‐collaborative study implemented prior to elections in Zambia, an overwhelmingly Christian country with a youth‐skewed population. We randomized young…
Comparing Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians' Religious and Political Beliefs Across Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa
This article compares the political correlates of Renewalist Christianity in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa (N= 44,832). Renewalists include Pentecostals and Charismatic members of Mainline Protestant and Catholic churches. Though rarely studied comparatively, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa boast the largest Renewalist populations worldwide. Scholars have noted that the religious and political beliefs of Renewalists differ from other …
Increasing opportunities for inner-city youth
Adapting and disseminating a community-collaborative, evidence-based HIV/Aids prevention programme
In recent years, calls for the scaling-up, or more broad dissemination of evidence-based HIV prevention programmes, have increased. This paper responds to the call for increasing applicable knowledge about programme dissemination by reviewing the history of a major evidence-based human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention and mental health promotion programme that has been adapted successfully and pilot-tested across four settings - including …
The potential of asset‐based development strategies for poverty alleviation in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Ssewamala FM, Sperber, ES, Zimmerman JM, Karimli L. The potential of asset‐based development strategies for poverty alleviation in Sub‐Saharan Africa Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 433–443 © 2010 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and International Journal of Social Welfare. This article explores the potential of a relatively new approach to social development as a poverty alleviation strategy in Sub‐Saharan Africa (S…
Effect of Economic Assets on Sexual Risk-Taking Intentions Among Orphaned Adolescents in Uganda
Objectives. We examined the effect of economic assets on sexual risk-taking intentions among school-going AIDS-orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda. Methods. AIDS-orphaned adolescents from 15 comparable schools were randomly assigned to control (n = 133) or treatment (n = 127) conditions. Treatment participants received child savings accounts, workshops, and mentorship. This economic intervention was in addition to the traditional care and suppor…
Increasing opportunities for inner-city youth
Pentecostal Identity and Citizen Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa
Since the 1980s, Pentecostal and other born again Christian movements have become increasingly prominent in the public spheres of many sub-Saharan African states. A dearth of reliable survey data has constrained investigation of the potential influence of these religious movements on political attitudes and participation. This article analyzes original survey data from Zambia, a majority-Christian nation. These data, from a stratified random samp…
Increasing Youth Political Engagement with Efficacy Not Obligation
Comparing Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians' Religious and Political Beliefs Across Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa
This article compares the political correlates of Renewalist Christianity in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa (N= 44,832). Renewalists include Pentecostals and Charismatic members of Mainline Protestant and Catholic churches. Though rarely studied comparatively, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa boast the largest Renewalist populations worldwide. Scholars have noted that the religious and political beliefs of Renewalists differ from other …
Pastoral Power, Clerical State
Journal Article Pastoral Power, Clerical State: Pentecostalism, Gender, and Sexuality in Nigeria. By Ebenezer Obadare Get access Pastoral Power, Clerical State: Pentecostalism, Gender, and Sexuality in Nigeria. By Ebenezer Obadare. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. 222pp. $35.00 paper. Elizabeth Sheridan Sperber Elizabeth Sheridan Sperber The University of Denver, Denver, Colorado [email protected] Search for other work…
Delivering Democracy? Comparing Catholic Bishops' Advocacy for Democracy in Malawi and Zambia, 1987-2022
As national leaders of the Catholic Church, bishops were widely recognized as 'midwives' of democratic transitions in many African states in the 1990s. This paper expands understanding of bishops' subsequent political engagement by systematically analyzing their attempts to 'deliver' democracy during the difficult decades following transition. Focusing on Malawi and Zambia between 1987 and 2022, we situate and analyse bishops' most influential pu…
Comparing religious and secular interventions to increase young adult political participation
It is often assumed that, in highly religious environments, religious messages that promote political participation will more effectively influence behavior than nonreligious messages with the same goal. To our knowledge, however, this assumption remains untested. We present results from a community‐collaborative study implemented prior to elections in Zambia, an overwhelmingly Christian country with a youth‐skewed population. We randomized young…
Reducing Gender Gaps in Political Participation with Efficacy Promotion
In many countries, women participate in politics at lower rates than men. This gap is often most pronounced among young adults. Civic education programs that provide non-partisan political information are commonly used to try to close this gender gap. However, information alone rarely reduces the gap and sometimes exacerbates it. We extend the literature emphasizing the psychological resources women need to participate by evaluating whether embed…
Political science (7 obras) · Politics (6 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Psychology (5 obras) · Religion, Society, and Development (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Economic growth (3 obras) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 obras) · Gender Studies (3 obras)