RT Book
T1 From pews to politics: religious sermons and political participation in Africa
A1 McClendon, Gwyneth H. 1983-
A1 Riedl, Rachel Beatty 1978-
LA English
PP Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne, VIC
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1679130374
AB 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.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Sep 2019)
SN 9781108761208
K1 Christianity and politics : Sermons : Africa, Sub-Saharan
K1 Political Participation : Africa, Sub-Saharan
K1 Political Participation : Religious aspects
K1 Christianity and politics ; Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Sermons
K1 Political participation ; Africa, Sub-Saharan
K1 Political participation ; Religious aspects
K1 Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Religion
K1 Africa, Sub-Saharan : Religion
DO 10.1017/9781108761208