The consequences of religious strictness for political participation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12008456 |
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| Authors | Charles Dahan (University of Florida, PO Box 117325, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA), James E Monogan (0000-0002-1968-6052, University of Georgia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 190-198 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Social Science Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-3319 • E-ISSN: 1873-5355 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.soscij.2015.11.004 |
| OpenAlex | W129557904 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 40 |
Contemporary media portray highly religious Americans as active political conservatives. This article examines how church strictness influences political participation by churchgoers. We argue that church strictness influences aspects of a person's life that are known to influence political participation, so assessing the effect of religion on participation requires considering intermediate factors. To evaluate our theory, we analyze the 2006 Portraits of American Life Study, which focused on the role of religion in society. We develop a recursive model of political participation, using multiple imputation to address missingness in the survey. The results indicate that indirect effects of strictness—through civic involvement, income, and religious participation—mitigate the assumed direct effect of strictness upon political participation. We conclude that, although religious groups show political activism in some specific arenas, strict churches are not strong political mobilizers in general, as many media portrayals may lead one to believe
Economics · Political economy · Political efficacy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Religious organization · Sociology · Survey data collection · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
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