Divine boundaries: How religion shapes citizens' attitudes toward immigrants

American Politics Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 205-233

  McDaniel, Eric Leon ^a   Nooruddin, Irfan ^b   Shortle, Allyson Faith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Christian nationalism; economic threat; Evangelicals; immigration; minority marginalization; religion; social identity theory; symbolic prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650710145     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X10371300     Document Type: Article

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