This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Cambridge University Press via the DOI in this record.Religious leaders and congregants alike report high levels of political discussions in their churches. Yet, few opportunities emerge to directly observe political discussions in a wide set of religious settings. We examine the nature of these political discussions with a novel dataset of over 110,000 sermons. Using a computational text analysis approach and multiple forms of validation, we find political discussions in more than a third of religious sermons and that seven of ten pastors discuss political topics at some point. Common topics include the economy, war, homosexuality, welfare, and abortion. We t...
Since the 2000 presidential election, debate over the role of religion in public life has followed a...
Despite being seen by much of the world as a very religious country, religious affiliation in the US...
The author provides an overview of religious politics in the contemporary United States. Possible an...
The article of record as published may be found at https://ssrn.com/abstract=3859035In this paper, ...
The intersection between religion and politics in the United States remains prevalent in the 21st ce...
Inspired by the Catholic Church’s nationwide resistance to President Obama’s contraceptive mandate i...
This study sought to determine to what degree clergy members of various denominations mentioned the ...
Scholarly accounts of elite-mass communication often suggest that political sophistication is a nece...
States. Possible answers are proposed to three questions: Why are Americans more religious than citi...
Elected officials have to make decisions about how they wish to communicate with their constituencie...
We live in a politically divided time. Long-standing questions about the political role of the churc...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2023Religion remains a potent force in our modern society,...
The 1988 Election year, showcasing two ordained ministers seeking presidential nomination, made it a...
This text addresses whether and how religion and religious institutions affect American politics. Fo...
This course is a study of the relationship between religion and politics primarily in the current Un...
Since the 2000 presidential election, debate over the role of religion in public life has followed a...
Despite being seen by much of the world as a very religious country, religious affiliation in the US...
The author provides an overview of religious politics in the contemporary United States. Possible an...
The article of record as published may be found at https://ssrn.com/abstract=3859035In this paper, ...
The intersection between religion and politics in the United States remains prevalent in the 21st ce...
Inspired by the Catholic Church’s nationwide resistance to President Obama’s contraceptive mandate i...
This study sought to determine to what degree clergy members of various denominations mentioned the ...
Scholarly accounts of elite-mass communication often suggest that political sophistication is a nece...
States. Possible answers are proposed to three questions: Why are Americans more religious than citi...
Elected officials have to make decisions about how they wish to communicate with their constituencie...
We live in a politically divided time. Long-standing questions about the political role of the churc...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2023Religion remains a potent force in our modern society,...
The 1988 Election year, showcasing two ordained ministers seeking presidential nomination, made it a...
This text addresses whether and how religion and religious institutions affect American politics. Fo...
This course is a study of the relationship between religion and politics primarily in the current Un...
Since the 2000 presidential election, debate over the role of religion in public life has followed a...
Despite being seen by much of the world as a very religious country, religious affiliation in the US...
The author provides an overview of religious politics in the contemporary United States. Possible an...