Americans are increasingly polarized by a variety of metrics. The dimensions, extent,
causes, and consequences of that polarization have been the subject of much debate. Yet …

The religious communication approach concerns the identification of causal explanations of
political behavior through the explicit measurement of exposure to communication and the …

The Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) runs more than 900 mosques in
Germany and circulates Friday sermons in these mosques. Our analysis provides a nuanced …

Corporate social advocacy (CSA) scholarship has helped public relations scholars and
practitioners better understand business engagement in multiple contentious issue contexts …

Social scientists have long been interested in how intergroup contact or elite messaging can
reduce or eliminate racial biases. To better understand the role of religious elites in these …

Recent political science literature notes that the relationship between religion and politics is
not a one-way interaction: religion influences political beliefs and political beliefs influence …

Given their strategic position within American society, clergy continue to remain important
actors in American politics. This article examines the partisan identifications and electoral …

Polarization in American politics has not produced unity among conservative Christians.
Drawing from original survey and interview data on Republican pastors in North Carolina …

Social scientists are paying a growing amount of attention to the online presence of
American congregations and not just because of the COVID-19 shutdowns. In part, text-as …

ABSTRACT We use the National Survey of Religious Leaders (NSRL) to extend prior
research on clergy's political activism and agendas. We find that christian clergy engage in …