Protestant Clergy and the Culture Wars: An Empirical Test of Hunter's Thesis

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 692-706

  Uecker, Jeremy E ^a   Lucke, Glenn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clergy; Culture wars; Elites; Polarization; Political attitudes; Social attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955227614     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01601.x     Document Type: Article

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