Week 12: Religious Minorities

Tuesday, November 11

• Hertzke, Allen D., Laura R. Olson, Kevin R. den Dulk, and Robert Booth Fowler. 2018. “Judaism, Islam, and Other Expressions of Religious Pluralism.” Religion and Politics in America: Faith, Culture, and Strategic Choices. 6th ed. New York, NY: Routledge. (Chapter 4.)

Thursday, November 13

• Lajevardi, Nazita. 2020. “Access Denied: Exploring Muslim American Representation and Exclusion by State Legislators.” Politics, Groups, and Identities 8(5): 957–85.

• Madrid, Raul, Jennifer L. Merolla, Aldo Yanez Ruiz, and Jean Reith Schroedel. 2022. “The Relevance of Religion for Political Office: Voter Bias Toward Candidates from Different Religious Backgrounds.” Political Behavior 44(2): 981–1001.

In-class reading

• PEW. 2025. “Religious Landscape Study.”

• PEW. 2025. “Faith on the Hill: The religious composition of the 119th Congress”

Deadline

Topic for op-ed due Friday, November 14, at 11:59pm on Canvas