Politics in the Parish: The Political Influence of Catholic PriestsGeorgetown University Press, 29 Mar 2008 - 272 halaman For well over a century the Catholic Church has articulated clear positions on many issues of public concern, particularly economics, capital punishment, foreign affairs, sexual morality, and abortion. Yet the fact that some of the Church's positions do not mesh well with the platforms of either of the two major political parties in the U.S. may make it difficult for Americans to look to Catholic doctrine for political guidance. Scholars of religion and politics have long recognized the potential for clergy to play an important role in shaping the voting decisions and political attitudes of their congregations, yet these assumptions of political influence have gone largely untested and undemonstrated. Politics in the Parish is the first empirical examination of the role Catholic clergy play in shaping the political views of their congregations. Gregory Allen Smith draws from recent scholarship on political communication, and the comprehensive Notre Dame Study of Parish Life, as well as case studies he conducted in nine parishes in the mid-Atlantic region, to investigate the extent to which and the circumstances under which Catholic priests are influential in shaping the politics of their parishioners. Smith is able to verify that clergy do exercise political influence, but he makes clear that such influence is likely to be nuanced, limited in magnitude, and exercised indirectly by shaping parishioner religious attitudes that in turn affect political behavior. He shows that the messages that priests deliver vary widely, even radically, from parish to parish and priest to priest. Consequently, he warns that scholars should exercise caution when making any global assumptions about the political influence that Catholic clergy affect upon their congregations. |
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The Political Influence of Catholic Priests Gregory Allen Smith. Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction ix vii 1 chapter one A Theory of Priestly Influence 13 chapter two An Initial Look at Priestly Influence 41 ...
The Political Influence of Catholic Priests Gregory Allen Smith. Illustrations Figures 5.1 Effect of Religious Particularism on Catholics ' Opinions on Social Issues 5.2 5.3 5.4 159 Effect of Willingness to Accept Church Guidance on ...
The Political Influence of Catholic Priests Gregory Allen Smith. 2.8 2.9 3.1 4.1 Pastors' Influence on Parishioners ... Priestly Political Influence 81 Bulletin Discussion of Birth Control, Homosexuality, Capital Punish- ment ...
... priests (as opposed to the Church hierarchy) influence the political opinions of their parishioners. In theory, the potential for priestly influence is great. Priests have regular access to a presumably receptive and relatively captive ...
The Political Influence of Catholic Priests Gregory Allen Smith. This book investigates in two main ways the extent ... priestly influ- ence. The Notre Dame Study consists of data from surveys adminis- tered to pastors and parishioners at ...
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Chapter Three | 79 |
Chapter Four | 114 |
Chapter Five | 138 |
Conclusion | 181 |
Appendix A | 197 |
Appendix B | 201 |
Appendix C | 212 |
Appendix D | 222 |
Appendix E | 225 |
References | 239 |
Index | 249 |
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