Week 6: How Religion Affects Politics

Tuesday, September 30

  • Smith, Gregory Allen. 2008. Politics in the Parish: The Political Influence of Catholic Priests. Washington, D.C: Georgetown University Press. (Read Introduction and Chapter 1).

  • Djupe, Paul A., and Christopher P. Gilbert. 2009. “A Theory of Religious Influences on Political Behavior.” In The Political Influence of Churches. New York: Cambridge University Press. (Introduction: pp 1-20.)

Thursday, October 2

  • Smith, Gregory Allen. 2008. “The Influence of Priests on Parishioners’ Politics in 2004.” Politics in the Parish: The Political Influence of Catholic Priests. Washington, D.C: Georgetown University Press. (Chapter 5)

  • We will discuss the data collection for the Congregational Visit Paper