Paul A. Djupe and Brian R. Calfano: God Talk

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>Explores religion's impact on political attitudes using a series of controlled experiments<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781439908655&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="1518_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>God Talk</h1> <H2>Experimenting with the Religious Causes of Public Opinion</H2> <h3>Paul A. Djupe and Brian R. Calfano</h3> <P>cloth 1-4399-0865-6 $84.50, Oct 13, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Not Yet Published Preorder</FONT> <br>paper 1-4399-0866-4 $34.95, Oct 13, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Not Yet Published Preorder</FONT> <br>Electronic Book 1-4399-0867-2 $34.95 <FONT COLOR=#990033>Not Yet Published Preorder</FONT> <BR> 264 pp 6x9 23 tables 22 figures </P><P>Religion’s influence on public opinion, politics, and candidates has been widely discussed in political science for a generation. <i>God Talk</i> is the first volume that uses experimental methodology to establish whether and how that influence works. <P>Paul Djupe and Brian Calfano provide an unprecedented look at how religious cues, values, and identity-driven appeals impact candidate selection, trust, interest group support, and U.S. public opinion about tolerance, the environment, foreign policy, and related issues. <P>By situating their disparate, randomly assigned interventions within the broader framework of elite-based influence, the authors apply their new methodology to three questions: How do clergy affect congregation members? How are religious elites and groups and their public arguments evaluated? With what effect do political elites use religion? The results of their research provide a compelling framework for understanding the links between religion and politics. <BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <P><b>Paul A. Djupe</b> is Associate Professor of Political Science at Denison University. He is the coauthor (with Christopher Gilbert) of <i>The Political Influence of Churches</i> and (with Laura Olson), <i>Religious Interests in Community Conflict</i>, and co-editor of the journal <i>Politics & Religion</i>.</P> <P><b>Brian R. Calfano</b> is Associate Professor of Political Science at Missouri State University. His research interests include religion and politics, media, and social identity. He has published articles in <i>Political Research Quarterly</i>, <i>Political Behavior</i>, <i>Politics and Religion</i>, <i>Social Science Quarterly</i>, and related outlets.</P> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/political.html" TARGET="_top">Political Science and Public Policy</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/religion.html" TARGET="_top">Religion</a> <BR> </p> <BR><h2 class="inpageheading">In the series</H2> <P><I><a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress/social_logic.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Click for other books in this series!'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" target="_top">Social Logic of Politics</a></i>, edited by Scott D. McClurg. </p><p>The <i>Social Logic of Politics Series</i>, edited by Scott D. McClurg (formerly edited by Alan S. Zuckerman), directs attention to several related clusters of research in the social sciences. At the core is a theoretical principle: individuals make political decisions, like other choices, by taking into account cues from other persons. Studies move from individuals to groups to large scale collectivities. Usually examining micro-politics-voting and other forms of political participation; the place of politics in households, the family, the friendship unit, and the neighborhood- this research also studies how broader political and social contexts influence and are influenced by these micro-processes. It includes as well "small group behavior" in political institutions, such as exchanges of cues in legislatures and patron-client relations in bureaucratic agencies and political parties. Books in The Social Logic of Politics Series will apply research techniques that run the gamut of contemporary political science, sociology, communications, and geography.</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781439908655&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2013 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. 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