Religious Identity in U.S. Politics / / Matthew R. Miles.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Miles, Matthew R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (190 p.)

While existing scholarship addresses the influence of religious affiliation on political attitudes and behaviors in the United States, a number of puzzling questions remain unanswered. In response, Matthew Miles demonstrates that a more complete conceptualization of religion as a social identity can help to explain many of those puzzles. As he explores the impact, both positive and negative, of religious identity on political attitudes, he also shows that the religion-politics relationship is not a one-way street.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Role of Religious Identity in US Politics -- 2 Defining Religious Identity -- 3 Religious Identity and Support for Members of Congress -- 4 Religious Identity and Political Trust: The Obama Era -- 5 Christian Identity and Anti-Atheist Intolerance -- 6 The Religious Divide -- 7 When Religious and Partisan Social Identities Collide -- 8 How Political Identities Influence Religious Beliefs -- 9 Is Reconciliation Possible? -- Appendixes -- Appendix 1: A Note on Interviews Conducted -- Appendix 2: The National Surveys -- Appendix 3: Descriptive Statistics and Complete Regression Models for Chapter 3 -- Appendix 4: Complete Regression Models for Chapter 4 -- Appendix 5: Complete Regression Models for Chapter 5 -- Appendix 6: Complete Regression Models for Chapter 6 -- Appendix 7: Regression Models for Chapter 7 -- Appendix 8: Complete Regression Models for Chapter 8 -- References -- Index -- About the Book