Clinging to Guns and Religion? A Research Note Testing the Role of Protestantism in Shaping Gun Identity in the United States

How does social identity shape Protestant attitudes about guns in the United States? Numerous studies show that religion shapes attitudes about guns, but the role of Protestantism in forming those attitudes is undertheorized and undertested. We draw from the extensive literature on religion-as-ident...

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Authors: Vegter, Abigail (Author) ; Den Dulk, Kevin R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2020
In: Politics and religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 14, Issue: 4, Pages: 809-824
Further subjects:B mainline
B Evangelical
B gun identity
B religion and gun policy
B Social Identity
B Protestant
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