Week 16: From Politics to Religion

Monday, December 9

  • Margolis, Michele. 2018. “When Politicians Determine Your Religious Beliefs.” The New York Times.

    • Margolis, Michele F. 2018. “How Politics Affects Religion: Partisanship, Socialization, and Religiosity in America.” Journal of Politics 80(1): 30–43. (This is the study mentioned in the op-ed. You should skim it, especially the part describing the experiment.)

Wednesday, December 11

  • Burge, Ryan P. 2021. “Why ‘Evangelical’ Is Becoming Another Word for ‘Republican’.” The New York Times.
Deadline

Full draft of Congregational Visit Paper due Wednesday, December 11, at 5:00pm on Canvas

Further Reading

  • Hout, Michael, and Claude Fischer. 2014. “Explaining Why More Americans Have No Religious Preference: Political Backlash and Generational Succession, 1987-2012.” Sociological Science 1: 423–47.