Christian Clergy in American Politics.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)

Sociology of Religion | March 22, 2004| | Copyright

Christian Clergy in American Politics by SUE E. S. CRAWFORD AND LAURA R. OLSON (eds.). Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001, 304 pp.; $24.95 (paper).

How can we understand and explain the different ways that Christian clergy engage in political action in the United States? Why might the Rev. Jones organize protest marches, while the Rev. Smith, the minister next door, limits her political activity to occasional sermon illustrations? In this book, Crawford and Olson contend that political leadership by clergy is shaped as much by situation as it is ...

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