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Author:   Corwin E. Smidt (Senior Fellow, Senior Fellow, Calvin College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9780190455507

ISBN 10:   0190455500
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   14 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction The Changing World of Protestant Clergy Chapter 1 Clergy as Public Actors Chapter 2 The Social Characteristics of Clergy and the Churches They Serve Chapter 3 The Theological Orientations of American Protestant Clergy Chapter 4 The Social Theologies of American Protestant Clergy Chapter 5 The Positions of Clergy on Contemporary Issues of Public Life Chapter 6 The Political Norms and Psychological Resources of Clergy Chapter 7 The Political Activities of Clergy within Congregational Life Chapter 8 The Political Activism of Clergy Conclusion Reflections on the Past, Thinking about the Future Appendix A Number of Respondents and Response Rate by Denomination over Time Appendix B Validating the Representativeness of the 2009 Cooperative Clergy Survey Index

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Pastors and Public Life authoritatively documents continuity and change in the political attitudes and behaviors of clergy in seven Protestant denominations. Written by a leading analyst of religion and politics in America, this informative and sometimes surprising book should be read by anyone wanting to know more about clergy political views, and their political activities both within congregations and beyond the church walls. --Mark Chaves, Professor of Sociology, Religious Studies, and Divinity, Duke University

Pastors and Public Life is a valuable contribution in its own right, and will provide resources for continuing the conversation about the role of Protestantism in American social and political life. Ted G. Jelen, Sociology of Religion

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Corwin E. Smidt is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Calvin College, where he also served as the director of the Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics for fifteen years. He is now a research fellow with the Henry Institute and currently serves as President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.

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