The Prophetic Pulpit: Clergy, Churches, and Communities in American Politics
Author:   Paul A. Djupe ,  Christopher P. Gilbert
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN:  

9780742511927


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   28 July 2003
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Author:   Paul A. Djupe ,  Christopher P. Gilbert
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9780742511927


ISBN 10:   0742511928
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   28 July 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Clergy, churches and communities; an overview of ELCA and Episcopal clergy; congregational resources for clergy political action; communities of concern - the context of clergy political activity; the political voice of clergy; leaders of the flock or lone rangers? clergy in electoral politics; the local political participation of ELCA and Episcopal clergy; sending a message to government - clergy conventional and unconventional contacting; denominational politics - clergy opinions and actions regarding full communion; conclusion - the evolution of clergy political activity.

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In this fine book, Djupe and Gilbert provide an exemplar for future studies of clerical politics in the United States. This nuanced, methodologically sophisticated study will give pause to those who are too quick to relegate the Protestant Mainline to the political sideline.--Ted Jelen


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Paul A. Djupe is assistant professor of political science at Denison University. Christopher P. Gilbert is professor of political science at Gustavus Adolphus College.

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