The Influence of Religious Affiliation on the Clustering of Social Attitudes
Prior studies on the relationship between religion and sociopolitical issues have focused on the specific attitudes exhibited by members of different religious organizations. In this study it is proposed that religious affiliation also influences the way in which sociopolitical issues are cognitivel...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
1996
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Review of religious research
Year: 1996, Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 219-232 |
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| Summary: | Prior studies on the relationship between religion and sociopolitical issues have focused on the specific attitudes exhibited by members of different religious organizations. In this study it is proposed that religious affiliation also influences the way in which sociopolitical issues are cognitively categorized. To test this claim, principal component analyses are conducted for different religious groups using the General Social Survey. The underlying factor structures are then confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis. Results suggest that differences in the clustering of social attitudes among Christian groups (i.e., conservatives, moderates, liberals, black Protestants and Catholics) are quite small. Jews, however, differ significantly. First, in the issue of civil liberties, Jews distinguish between homosexuals and atheists and communists. Christian respondents do not make this distinction. Second, factor loadings for abortion fall into the category of "women's rights" for Jewish respondents while falling into the category of "morality" for Christian respondents. Implications of this study are discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3512275 |