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Faith-Based Influences on Legislative Decision Making: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Refers to a set of congregations that belong to a single administrative structure, characterized by doctrines and practices; can be classified as Protestant Fundamentalist, Churches of God, Latter Day Saints, Churches of Christ, Church of the Nazarene, Mennonites, Conservative Baptist Association, Missouri Synod Lutherans, Pentecostal Free Will Baptists, Pentecostal Holiness, the Salvation Army, Seventh-Day Adventists, Southern Baptists, and Wisconsin Synod Lutherans.
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Faith and Politics at the State Level
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 55
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6807-1.ch003
Abstract
This chapter describes legislator faith beliefs based on their evangelical or liberal multilayered moral worldviews. These views are not merely tools that are used but symbolic boundaries by which preferences are molded, values are shaped, and political perspectives are informed. Contributing to these ideological differences is the changing religious landscape in America. These opposing visions represent deep cultural divisions that influence state legislative decision-making, especially for members of the LGBTQ community.
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