Religion and politics in the United States: Persistence, limitations, and the prophetic voice

被引：5

作者：

Jelen, Ted G. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Nevada, Dept Polit Sci, Las Vegas, NV 89154 USA

来源：

SOCIAL COMPASS | 2006年 / 53卷 / 03期

关键词：

Christian right; church-state; evangelicalism;

D O I：

10.1177/0037768606066844

中图分类号：

C91 [社会学];

学科分类号：

030301 ; 1204 ;

摘要：

The author provides an overview of religious politics in the contemporary United States. Possible answers are proposed to three questions: Why are Americans more religious than. citizens of other Western democracies?; Why does religiously-motivated political activity seem such a frequent feature of politics in the United States?; Why is the effect of religiously-based political activity on public policy in the United States so limited? The answers given to these three questions suggest that American political religion plays a "prophetic" role of social critic in the United States.

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页码：329 / 343

页数：15