Sexuality, Political Polarization, and Survey Reports of Religious Nonaffiliation

Survey estimates of the religiously unaffiliated in the United States—between 20% and 25%—make this group one of the largest “religious” categories in the country. Recent research argues that political polarization pushes political liberals and moderates to report no religious affiliation to distanc...

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Главный автор: Brenner, Philip S. (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: [2019]
В: Politics and religion
Год: 2019, Том: 12, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 153-170
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B USA / Сексуальная ориентация / Нерелигиозность / Атеизм (мотив) / Измеримость / Метод исследования
Индексация IxTheo:AD Социология религии
KBQ Северная Америка
ZB Социология
ZC Общая политика
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Итог:Survey estimates of the religiously unaffiliated in the United States—between 20% and 25%—make this group one of the largest “religious” categories in the country. Recent research argues that political polarization pushes political liberals and moderates to report no religious affiliation to distance themselves from religious conservatives. One key point of polarization behind this phenomenon is sexuality-focused politics, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) rights and discrimination. The current research uses a split-ballot survey experiment to investigate sexuality-focused political polarization as a cause of the reports of religious nonaffiliation. A sample of 2,238 respondents, stratified by sexual orientation (half LGBQ, half straight), completed a brief web survey starting with two randomly ordered series of questions on religion and sexuality. Findings suggest that sexuality-focused political polarization is not likely to be a primary cause of survey respondents' claims of religious nonaffiliation.
ISSN:1755-0491
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Politics and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S1755048318000433