| 书目名称 | Political and Religious Identities of British Evangelicals | | 编辑 | Andrea C. Hatcher | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Provides the first in-depth academic study of British Evangelicals in a cross-national context, contrasting with the US.Reveals that British Evangelicals have a focus on social justice issues which do | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | This book examines the paradoxical relationship between the religious and political behaviors of American and British Evangelicals, who exhibit nearly identical religious canon and practice, but sharply divergent political beliefs and action. Relying on interviews with British religious and political elites (journalists, MPs, activists, clergy) as well as focus groups in ten Evangelical congregations, this study reveals that British Evangelicals, unlike their American counterparts known for their extensive involvement in party politics, have no discernible ideological or partisan orientation, choosing to pursue their political interests through civic or social organizations rather than electoral influence. It goes further to show that many British Evangelicals shun the label itself for its negative political connotations and in-/out-group sensibility, and choose to focus on a broader social justice imperative rendered almost incoherent by a lack of group identity. Placing itself at theforefront of an incipient but growing segment of comparative research into the intersectionality of religion and politics, the work satisfies a lacuna of how the same religious tradition can act diffe | | 出版日期 | Book 2017 | | 关键词 | Evangelicals; Britain; Religious Studies; Comparative Religious Studies; Political Identity; Religious Id | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56282-7 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-85875-3 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-56282-7 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 |
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