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Hearing Clergy Speak About Social and Political Issues: Examining the Effects of Religious Tradition and Personal Interest

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  • Christopher P. Scheitle
  • Nicole Cornell

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type="main"> The goal of this research is to identify factors that affect the likelihood that a congregational attendee will report hearing their clergyperson speak about certain social or political issues. The data used for this research come from the 2010 Religion and Public Life Survey. We examine three outcomes measuring whether the respondent reports hearing his or her clergy speak about abortion, homosexuality, or the environment. We find that an individual's personal interest in particular social issues increases the likelihood of reporting hearing about those issues from his or her clergyperson. There are also significant religious tradition effects, with Catholics being most likely to report hearing about abortion. These findings shed light on what congregational attendees say they are hearing from their clergy about key social and political issues, which could be very different from what clergy report they are saying, as attendees’ reports will be shaped by their attention to, interest in, and interpretation of the clergy's messages.

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  • Christopher P. Scheitle & Nicole Cornell, 2015. "Hearing Clergy Speak About Social and Political Issues: Examining the Effects of Religious Tradition and Personal Interest," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 96(1), pages 148-160, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:96:y:2015:i:1:p:148-160
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    1. Brian Robert Calfano, 2010. "Prophetic at Any Price? Clergy Political Behavior and Utility Maximization," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 91(3), pages 649-668, September.
    2. Brian Robert Calfano, 2009. "Choosing Constituent Cues: Reference Group Influence on Clergy Political Speech," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 90(1), pages 88-102, March.
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