American Republican religion? Disentangling the causal link between religion and politics in the US

Political Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-389

  Patrikios, Stratos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Church attendance; Ideology; Party identification; Religious politicization; Social identity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249084674     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-008-9053-1     Document Type: Article

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