Playing the Christ Card: Courting Christians through Religious Appeals in Political Campaigns

In spite of a corpus of work over the last three decades acknowledging the centrality of religion in politics, (see e.g. Hunter, 1991; Layman, 2001; Putnam & Campbell, 2010; Wuthnow, 1988), there remains a scarcity of research examining the consequences of religious communication in political ca...

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Main Author: Thornton, Matthew Lee
Other Authors: Weber, Christopher R.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2012
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-07022012-164017/