Changes in Politics and Religiosity Among Students at a Protestant University
College is a setting and time of profound change in the lives of emerging adults. This change can include shifts in identity related to politics and religion. Given widespread attention to the alignment of religious people with conservative politics and less religious people with liberal politics (i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 117-136 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ College student
/ Church college
/ Religiosity
/ Conservatism
/ Liberalism
/ Polarization
/ History 2018-2020
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CB Christian life; spirituality CF Christianity and Science CG Christianity and Politics KBQ North America TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Polarization
B Higher Education B Politics B social sorting B Religiosity |
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| Summary: | College is a setting and time of profound change in the lives of emerging adults. This change can include shifts in identity related to politics and religion. Given widespread attention to the alignment of religious people with conservative politics and less religious people with liberal politics (i.e., the “God Gap”), we ask: do college students who become politically liberal lose their religion in the process? Using longitudinal panel data, this study examines changes in political identity and religiosity among students at a Protestant university. Findings reveal changes in students’ politics align with changes in public and private religious behaviors, certainty in belief, agreement with core tenets of the Christian faith, faith maturity, and closeness to God. Whereas students who become more politically conservative increase their religiosity, the inverse is true for those whose politics become more liberal in college. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12891 |