Week 7: Mobilization and Vote Choice

Monday, October 7

  • Wald, Kenneth D., and David C. Leege. 2010. “Mobilizing religious differences in American politics.” In Religion and Democracy in the United States: Danger or Opportunity? Alan Wolfe and Ira Katznelson (eds). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Chapter 11: pp. 355-381.) available on Canvas.

Wednesday, October 9

  • Kalkan, Kerem Ozan, Geoffrey C. Layman, and John C. Green. 2018. “Will Americans Vote for Muslims? Cultural Outgroup Antipathy, Candidate Religion, and U.S. Voting Behavior.” Politics and Religion 11(4): 798–829.
Deadline

Front end of congregational visit paper due Friday, October 14 (updated), at 11:59pm on Canvas

Further Reading

  • Putnam, Robert and David Campbell. 2010. “Religion in American Politics.” American Grace. New York: Simon & Schuster. (Chapter 11: pp. 369-418.) available on Canvas.

  • Coe, Kevin, and David Domke. 2006. “Petitioners or Prophets? Presidential Discourse, God, and the Ascendancy of Religious Conservatives.” Journal of Communication 56: 309–330. available on Canvas.

  • Albertson, Bethany L. 2015. “Dog-Whistle Politics: Multivocal Communication and Religious Appeals.” Political Behavior 37(1): 3–26.