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From pews to politics : religious sermons and political participation in Africa
"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 partici...
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| Auteurs principaux : | , |
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | From pews to politics : religious sermons and political participation in Africa / Gwyneth H. McClendon, Rachel Beatty Riedl |
| Publié : |
Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press
, 2019 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (XIII-274 p.) |
| Collection : | Cambridge studies in comparative politics |
| Sujets : |
- Religion as metaphysical instruction, and its influence on political participation
- Christianity and politics in Africa
- Differences in contemporary Christian sermon content
- Effects of sermons on citizens: evidence from the lab
- Recharging sermon influence: evidence from surveys and focus groups
- Group-level political engagement
- Implications and conclusions