The "Religious Issue" in Presidential Politics
Important patterns of talking, and not talking, about religion in politics were established in 1928, the first year that a Roman Catholic ran for president. Journalists, especially those writing for religious magazines, argued strenuously among themselves as they endeavored to determine which questi...
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| 語言: | English |
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American Catholic Historical Society
2008
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American catholic studies
Year: 2008, 卷: 119, 發布: 4, Pages: 1-20 |
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| 總結: | Important patterns of talking, and not talking, about religion in politics were established in 1928, the first year that a Roman Catholic ran for president. Journalists, especially those writing for religious magazines, argued strenuously among themselves as they endeavored to determine which questions could be asked in the public arena. These discussions about the parameters of debate created so much confusion that neither contemporaries nor later observers could agree on what had been the deciding factors in the election. The best analyses of the contest so far demonstrate that religion was decisive in 1928, but not as a unitary and unidirectional force. In other words, "Al Smith lost because he was Catholic" is not the most important lesson to learn from this election. Rather, historians and journalists should be aware of the interplay of several factors in both the election itself and in efforts to narrate it, prominent among them journalists' habit of shoehorning new developments into old storylines. Reexamining the events and accounts of 1928, with attention to multiple narratives, can enrich discourse about religion and politics. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8534 |
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