The Political Activities of Reformed Clergy in the UnitedStates and Scotland

Bibliographic Data

ID2247142
AuthorsJames M Penning (Calvin University), Corwin E Smidt (0000-0001-6460-8582, Calvin University), Corwin Smidt
Year2000
Volume39
Issue2
Pages204-219
Publication date2000-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/0021-8294.00016
OpenAlexW2144782964
LanguageEN
References cited14

This paper examines Reformed clergy across two different settings-the United States and Scotland in an effort to determine how theological orthodoxy is related to political participation. The paper demonstrates that (1) clergy in both settings tend to be politically active (2) the level of clergy political activity tends to be greater in the United States than in Scotland (3) the relationship between orthodoxy and political activity is complex, varying by the specific type of activity examined and (4) while theologically orthodox and modernist clergy tend to differ in the nature of their political activities, there is no longer a major 'gap'in level of political activity between the two groups of ministers

Orthodoxy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religion and Society Interactions

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