From Pews to Politics : Religious Sermons and Political Participation in Africa
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
ISBN-10
1108486576
ISBN-13
9781108486576
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 14th, 2019
Print length
286 Pages
Weight
542 grams
Dimensions
23.70 x 16.90 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Religion & politicsSociologyComparative politics
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Using Christianity in Africa, this book explores how religion influences political participation, specifically through religious sermons and when citizens experience them repeatedly. It will interest scholars of comparative and African politics, particularly those studying political participation, religion, ethnic politics, and political culture.
Does religion influence political participation? This book takes up this pressing debate using Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa as its empirical base to demonstrate that religious teachings communicated in sermons can influence both the degree and the form of citizens'' political participation. McClendon and Riedl document some of the current diversity of sermon content in contemporary Christian houses of worship and then use a combination of laboratory experiments, observational survey data, focus groups, and case comparisons in Zambia, Uganda, and Kenya to interrogate the impact of sermon exposure on political participation and the longevity of that impact. Pews to Politics in Africa leverages the pluralism of sermons in sub-Saharan Africa to gain insight into the content of cultural influences and their consequences for how ordinary citizens participate in politics.
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