Pulpit and Politics: Clergy in American Politics at the Advent of the MillenniumCorwin E. Smidt Baylor University Press, 2004 - 352 páginas Pulpit and Politics presents the most current and comprehensive examination of the religious beliefs and political behavior of American clergy at the advent of the new millennium. Based on data gathered during the 2000 Presidential election, this study examines the relationship between belief and behavior, theology and politics, religious commitments and social activism from African-American, Baptist, Jewish, Mainline Protestant, Roman Catholic and other religious groups. Pulpit and Politics is a treasure trove of historical, comparative and statistical information about the political behavior of America's clergy. |
Contenido
An Analytic and Historical Overview | 3 |
2 American Baptist Convention | 19 |
3 Disciples of Christ | 31 |
4 Evangelical Lutheran Church of America | 43 |
5 Presbyterian Church USA | 59 |
6 Reformed Church in America | 71 |
7 United Methodist Church | 83 |
8 Southern Baptist Convention | 101 |
15 Evangelical Free Church of America | 195 |
16 Mennonite Church USA | 207 |
17 American Rabbis | 223 |
18 Roman Catholic Priests | 235 |
19 African Methodist Episcopal Church | 247 |
20 Church of God in Christ | 259 |
21 UnitarianUniversalist Association | 273 |
22 Willow Creek Association | 285 |
9 Churches of Christ | 113 |
10 Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod | 127 |
11 Presbyterian Church in America | 141 |
12 Christian Reformed Church | 153 |
13 Church of the Nazarene | 167 |
14 Assemblies of God | 179 |
23 This World is Not My Home? | 301 |
Notes | 323 |
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Pulpit and Politics: Clergy in American Politics at the Advent of the Millennium Corwin E. Smidt Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
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