RT Article
T1 Religion and Attitudes toward Abortion: A Study of Nurses and Social Workers
JF Journal for the scientific study of religion
VO 13
IS 1
SP 23
OP 34
A1 Hertel, Bradley R. 1943-
A1 Grimm, James W.
A1 Hendershot, Gerry E.
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 1974
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1668052393
AB Rates of approval of abortion by liberal and conservative Christian nurses and social workers in Tennessee are analyzed using survey data to investigate hypotheses suggested by Johnson's findings that support for the Republican Party rises with church attendance among conservative Protestants but declines with church attendance among liberals. Our findings suggest that (1) members of liberal Christian denominations are more likely than members of conservative denominations to approve of abortion but, contrary to our predictions, (2) among both conservatives and liberals, frequent church attenders are less likely to approve abortion. These patterns of association remain when other factors related to abortion are statistically controlled. Furthermore, religion is found to be the single most important predictor of attitudes toward abortion among the factors considered.
K1 Abortion
K1 Church Attendance
K1 Conservatism
K1 Liberalism
K1 Nurses
K1 Prestige
K1 Protestantism
K1 Psychological attitudes
K1 Social Work
DO 10.2307/1384798