RT Book
T1 Political and Religious Identities of British Evangelicals
T2 SpringerLink Bücher
T2 Springer eBook Collection Political Science and International Studies
A1 Hatcher, Andrea C.
LA English
PP Cham
PB Palgrave Macmillan
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1654017752
AB This book examines the paradoxical relationship between the religious and political behaviors of American and British Evangelicals, who exhibit nearly identical religious canon and practice, but sharply divergent political beliefs and action. Relying on interviews with British religious and political elites (journalists, MPs, activists, clergy) as well as focus groups in ten Evangelical congregations, this study reveals that British Evangelicals, unlike their American counterparts known for their extensive involvement in party politics, have no discernible ideological or partisan orientation, choosing to pursue their political interests through civic or social organizations rather than electoral influence. It goes further to show that many British Evangelicals shun the label itself for its negative political connotations and in-/out-group sensibility, and choose to focus on a broader social justice imperative rendered almost incoherent by a lack of group identity. Placing itself at the forefront of an incipient but growing segment of comparative research into the intersectionality of religion and politics, the work satisfies a lacuna of how the same religious tradition can act differently in public squares contextualized by political and cultural variables
CN JA71-80
SN 9783319562827
K1 Political Science
K1 Religion and sociology
K1 Comparative Politics
K1 Great Britain : Politics and government
K1 United States : Politics and government
K1 Political Science and International Relations
DO 10.1007/978-3-319-56282-7