Flouting faith? Religious hostility and the American Left, 1977-2000

American Politics Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 754-778

  Pieper, Andrew L ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antireligious bias; God gap; irreverent Left thesis; mass media; political communications; religion and politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959603316     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X10396301     Document Type: Article

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