By John Clifford Green, Mark J. Rozell, Clyde Wilcox
The Christian correct by no means ceases to shock specialist observers of yankee politics. With the Christian coalition in disarray, many anticipated that the stream might play much less of a task within the 2004 elections. but if go out polls stated that "moral values" have been the main often mentioned cause of presidential vote selection, pundits instantly proclaimed the significance of the "values vote." but the position of the Christian correct, of statewide referenda on same-sex marriage, and of non secular mobilization remained the topic of dialogue. "The Values crusade? The Christian correct and the 2004 Elections" reaches way past the moment analyses of the post-election interval to supply an review of the function of the non secular correct in 2004. The members to this quantity are one of the prime students of faith and politics within the usa, and lots of have contributed for over a decade to ongoing discussions of the function performed by means of the non secular correct in nationwide elections. The authors give some thought to nationwide mobilization and matters, and likewise discover the position of the Christian correct in particular states. Their reviews contend that the "values crusade" used to be no longer an aberration yet a constant development of nationwide politics, and that ethical traditionalism will most probably remain a major factor in destiny elections. A well timed research of the 2004 elections, this quantity will entice students and observers of electoral politics, country politics, and faith and politics.
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PS: Political Science and Politics 38, no. 2 (April): 195–99. McDonald, Michael. 2005. ” United States Election Project. htm (accessed April 19, 2006). Rozell, Mark J. 2004. ” USA Today, 22 September, A21. Schuman, Howard. 2005. ” Public Opinion Pros. htm (accessed February 5, 2006). Waldman, Steven, and John C. Green. 2004. html (accessed February 5, 2006). Zogby International. 2004. ” Conducted 11–16 August. Obtained by author. chapter two Agents of Value Christian Right Activists in 2004 john c.
Four mailings between the 2004 election and early spring 2005 produced 612 usable returns—a response rate of 48 percent (excluding undeliverable mail). The margin of error on the survey is plus or minus 4 percentage points. Although there was no evidence of response bias when respondents were compared to the original sample, the results must be viewed with caution because the sample may not be fully representative of Christian Right activists. Nevertheless, the data represent a reasonable approximation of the most visible activists in 2004.
This “civic gospel” differs from the “social gospel” of liberal Christians, which also justifies political engagement but also differs from the “individual gospel” of evangelism and conversion; the latter long discouraged political engagement by conservative Christians. The second dimension might be called “Christian militancy” because it supports a strident role for conservative Christians in politics (Green et al. 1994). Finally, the third dimension might be labeled “cooperative values”—items that reveal a commitment to the political process over substantive policy goals.