The Effects of Religious Self-Identifications on Support for the New Christian Right: An Analysis of Political Activists

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1992

Publication Title

The Social Science Journal

Volume

29

Issue

2

First page number:

199

Last page number:

210

Abstract

Using data from a mail survey of Republican contributors, the effects of religions self-identifications on attitudes toward Christian Right objects Moral Majority and Pat Robertson were examined. As expected, Moral Majority drew best among self-identified fundamentalists, while Robertson was most popular among charismatic identifiers. Multiple identifiers were slightly less likely to support either Christian Right object than identifiers with a single theological tradition. The implications for religious politics are discussed.

Keywords

Christianity; Religion and politics; Religious fundamentalism; Religious fundamentalism--Political aspects; Republicanism

Disciplines

American Politics | Christianity | Political Science | Religion

Language

English

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