Evangelical Life Style Concerns Expressed in Political Action

This paper extends and applies the theory of status politics, derived from Weber's conception of status group, to a non-economic political movement of conservative evangelical Christians. It is argued that a perceived decline in morals and a perception of legislative issues that symbolically su...

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Main Author: Lorentzen, Louise J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 1980
In: Sociological analysis
Year: 1980, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 144-154
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Summary:This paper extends and applies the theory of status politics, derived from Weber's conception of status group, to a non-economic political movement of conservative evangelical Christians. It is argued that a perceived decline in morals and a perception of legislative issues that symbolically support a more liberal element of American society motivated these evangelicals to political action. In the bid to place a candidate of like orientation in political office was seen the possibility to legitimate and thus protect the conservative lifestyle to which these evangelicals are committed.
ISSN:2325-7873
Contains:Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3709906