Politics from the Pulpit: A Critical Test of Elite Cues in American Politics
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-kent15319278926237162021-08-03T07:07:43Z Politics from the Pulpit: A Critical Test of Elite Cues in American Politics Adkins, Jason Michael Political Science american politics political behavior religious elites religion survey experiment catholic southern baptist lds mormon The relationship between religious belief and affiliation, and political behavior has been well studied. Scholars have utilized surveys to establish correlations regarding how religious affiliation affects political attitudes and behavior. Other scholars have examined correlations between what is happening within congregations and how that affects the political attitudes and behavior of congregants. Scholars have also attempted to establish more precise causal mechanisms regarding how religious leaders attempt to influence their congregants through interviews, observations, and survey experiments. However, research focusing on political cues made by leaders of various religious organizations is rare. To address lingering questions regarding potential political cues made by religious leaders, this dissertation examines, first, whether religious leaders engage in delivering political messages, and whether they are explicit or coded cues. Second, it tests how organizational differences among various religious organizations affects whether rank-and-file members support or oppose policy stances made by their respective religious organizations. Finally, it seeks to determine whether political cues are effective in changing political attitudes. To test the frequency and content of those political cues, I examined sermons, articles, resolutions, and statements made by religious elites from the Roman Catholic Church, Southern Baptist Convention, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Based on the content analysis of those statements, I find religious elites engage in a pattern of delivering coded political cues, which I define as “reverse God talk,” that are not perceptible to those who are not members of that religious group. Using General Social Survey data, I find differences in organizational structure among religious organizations and the political polarization of one’s community and state matter in whether members of these organizations support or oppose various political stances of their respective religious organization. Finally, I fielded an original survey experiment that indicates political cues delivered by religious elites are only partially effective, and may, in fact, spark backlash among members of other religious organizations and those who do not affiliate with any religious group. 2018-07-20 English text Kent State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1531927892623716 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1531927892623716 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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