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Black Clergy in the 2000 Elections
Author(s) -
McDaniel Eric
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal for the scientific study of religion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1468-5906
pISSN - 0021-8294
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-5906.2003.00201.x
Subject(s) - pulpit , black church , diversity (politics) , affect (linguistics) , politics , sociology , gender studies , political science , african american , theology , law , ethnology , philosophy , communication
Using survey data collected on African Methodist Episcopal and Church of God in Christ clergy, this article finds that black clergy are strongly supportive of their roles as community leaders. However, there are differences along denominational lines in terms of how they interpret their role, in their policy preferences, and in their activities both in and out of the pulpit. In total, this study reveals that there is diversity in black clergy attitudes and activities and that there is a need to examine further how these differences affect black political attitudes and activism.