Using Matching to Investigate the Relationship between Religion and Tolerance
Examining religion in the study of political behavior has produced varied results because of a lack of clarity on the conceptualization of religion and a methodology that cannot adequately untangle the multiple meanings of religion. Using the technique of propensity score matching, this work breaks...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2013]
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Politics and religion
Année: 2013, Volume: 6, Numéro: 2, Pages: 264-281 |
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Résumé: | Examining religion in the study of political behavior has produced varied results because of a lack of clarity on the conceptualization of religion and a methodology that cannot adequately untangle the multiple meanings of religion. Using the technique of propensity score matching, this work breaks apart the three B's in a number of analyses in order to properly understand how behavior, belief, and belonging impacts political tolerance. The results of this analysis indicate that a belief in biblical literalism decreases political tolerance, while church attendance often increases tolerance. |
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ISSN: | 1755-0491 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Politics and religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1755048312000569 |