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Papers by Corwin Smidt
Journal of Empirical Theology, 2012
Review of Religious Research, Dec 1, 1998
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The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2002
Pastors and Public Life, 2016
Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik, 2017
This article analyzes patterns of continuity and change in the presidential voting patterns of th... more This article analyzes patterns of continuity and change in the presidential voting patterns of the American electorate, particularly as it relates to the role of religion in American presidential politics. Given American cultural values related to wanting their political leaders to be religious, it seeks to ascertain how Trump could, in light of these cultural values, still capture the Republican nomination and then defeat Clinton in the general election. So doing, this study seeks to address whether the election of Trump reflects a major shift in American electoral politics. Keywords The 2016 presidential election • Religion in American culture • Evangelical Protestants • American voting behavior • Religion and candidate choice The American presidential election of 2016 exhibited important patterns of stability and change-resulting in the election of Donald Trump, a candidate who had never held any public office prior to his election. His candidacy and style of campaigning were highly unconventional; the statements he made and the political positions he articulated were highly controversial; and, his election to the office was, in many ways, surprising. This article seeks to examine certain aspects of the patterns of continuity and change in the presidential voting patterns of the American electorate-particularly as it relates to the role of religion in American presidential politics. The larger underlying question that this analysis seeks to address is whether the election of Trump reflects a fundamental, long-term, shift in the coalitional basis of American party politics, marking the advent of a new chapter in American politics, or whether
Religion, Race, and Barack Obama's New Democratic Pluralism, 2012
African American Churches and Civic Culture in Post-Civil Rights America, 2003
Routledge eBooks, Sep 16, 2016
Page 215. Chapter 10 The Political Effects of the Born-Again Phenomenon Ted G. Jelen, Corwin E. S... more Page 215. Chapter 10 The Political Effects of the Born-Again Phenomenon Ted G. Jelen, Corwin E. Smidt, and Clyde Wilcox In recent years, the popular culture has devoted a good deal of attention to the political aspects of religious experience. ...
RELIGION AND AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 2020, 2021
This article examines the role of Catholics within the 2020 presidential election in the United S... more This article examines the role of Catholics within the 2020 presidential election in the United States. Although Catholics were once a crucial and dependable component of the Democratic Party’s electoral coalition, their vote in more recent years has been much more splintered. Nevertheless, Catholics have been deemed to be an important “swing vote” in American politics today, as in recent presidential elections they have aligned with the national popular vote. This article therefore focuses on the part that Catholics played within the 2020 presidential election process. It addresses the level of political change and continuity within the ranks of Catholics over the past several elections, how they voted in the Democratic primaries during the initial stages of the 2020 presidential election, their level of support for different candidates over the course of the campaign, how they ultimately came to cast their ballots in the 2020 election, and the extent to which their voting patterns...
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, 2019
Religion is a multi-dimensional phenomenon, and scholars have taken different approaches to measu... more Religion is a multi-dimensional phenomenon, and scholars have taken different approaches to measuring religion in seeking to study religion’s influence on political attitudes and behavior. One analytical strategy for assessing the influence of religion politically among members of the mass public has been to adopt what is known as the “3B” approach. Though this approach can be applied across different cultural contexts, it has been widely adopted in the American context because of the multiplicity of denominational affiliations present in American life. Associated with this approach in the American context is the concept of religious traditions, particularly the presence of subtraditions within the Christian faith, and the associated measurement strategy for assigning such affiliations to their specific religious tradition. The approach offers various analytical advantages, but it constitutes an analytical strategy and not a specific theoretical explanation about how different facet...
Choice Reviews Online, 1990
This book, written largely by evangelical scholars, analyzes the nature of contemporary evangelic... more This book, written largely by evangelical scholars, analyzes the nature of contemporary evangelicalism and evangelical political involvement, identifies some of the strengths and weaknesses of evangelical political participation, and assesses the significance of present and future evangelical political activity. Contributions include: Contemporary Evangelical Political Involvement: An Overview, by Corwin E. Smidt; The Politics of Christianity Today: 1956-1986, by J. David Fairbanks; The Evangelical Phenomenon: A Falwell-Graham Typology, by Ron R. Stockton; Evangelicals and the New Christian Right: Coherence Versus Diversity in the Issue Stands of Evangelicals, by Corwin E. Smidt; Evangelicals and Political Realignment, by Lyman A. Kellstedt; Evangelical Politics: The Role of the Media, by J. David Woodard; The 'Coming-Out' of Evangelicals, by Lynn Buzzard; The Promise and Pitfalls of Evangelical Political Involvement, by Stephen V. Monsma; Goals of Evangelical Political Involvement: A Fundamentalist Perspective, by Edward G. Dobson; Can Politics Be 'Saved'?: What Must Evangelicals Do to Become Politically Responsible?, by James W. Skillen. Co-published with the Calvin College Department of Political Science and the Calvin College Conference on Christianity and Politics.
Religion As Social Capital, 2003
Religion and American Politics, 2007
Journal of Empirical Theology, 2012
Review of Religious Research, Dec 1, 1998
An academic directory and search engine.
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2002
Pastors and Public Life, 2016
Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik, 2017
This article analyzes patterns of continuity and change in the presidential voting patterns of th... more This article analyzes patterns of continuity and change in the presidential voting patterns of the American electorate, particularly as it relates to the role of religion in American presidential politics. Given American cultural values related to wanting their political leaders to be religious, it seeks to ascertain how Trump could, in light of these cultural values, still capture the Republican nomination and then defeat Clinton in the general election. So doing, this study seeks to address whether the election of Trump reflects a major shift in American electoral politics. Keywords The 2016 presidential election • Religion in American culture • Evangelical Protestants • American voting behavior • Religion and candidate choice The American presidential election of 2016 exhibited important patterns of stability and change-resulting in the election of Donald Trump, a candidate who had never held any public office prior to his election. His candidacy and style of campaigning were highly unconventional; the statements he made and the political positions he articulated were highly controversial; and, his election to the office was, in many ways, surprising. This article seeks to examine certain aspects of the patterns of continuity and change in the presidential voting patterns of the American electorate-particularly as it relates to the role of religion in American presidential politics. The larger underlying question that this analysis seeks to address is whether the election of Trump reflects a fundamental, long-term, shift in the coalitional basis of American party politics, marking the advent of a new chapter in American politics, or whether
Religion, Race, and Barack Obama's New Democratic Pluralism, 2012
African American Churches and Civic Culture in Post-Civil Rights America, 2003
Routledge eBooks, Sep 16, 2016
Page 215. Chapter 10 The Political Effects of the Born-Again Phenomenon Ted G. Jelen, Corwin E. S... more Page 215. Chapter 10 The Political Effects of the Born-Again Phenomenon Ted G. Jelen, Corwin E. Smidt, and Clyde Wilcox In recent years, the popular culture has devoted a good deal of attention to the political aspects of religious experience. ...
RELIGION AND AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 2020, 2021
This article examines the role of Catholics within the 2020 presidential election in the United S... more This article examines the role of Catholics within the 2020 presidential election in the United States. Although Catholics were once a crucial and dependable component of the Democratic Party’s electoral coalition, their vote in more recent years has been much more splintered. Nevertheless, Catholics have been deemed to be an important “swing vote” in American politics today, as in recent presidential elections they have aligned with the national popular vote. This article therefore focuses on the part that Catholics played within the 2020 presidential election process. It addresses the level of political change and continuity within the ranks of Catholics over the past several elections, how they voted in the Democratic primaries during the initial stages of the 2020 presidential election, their level of support for different candidates over the course of the campaign, how they ultimately came to cast their ballots in the 2020 election, and the extent to which their voting patterns...
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, 2019
Religion is a multi-dimensional phenomenon, and scholars have taken different approaches to measu... more Religion is a multi-dimensional phenomenon, and scholars have taken different approaches to measuring religion in seeking to study religion’s influence on political attitudes and behavior. One analytical strategy for assessing the influence of religion politically among members of the mass public has been to adopt what is known as the “3B” approach. Though this approach can be applied across different cultural contexts, it has been widely adopted in the American context because of the multiplicity of denominational affiliations present in American life. Associated with this approach in the American context is the concept of religious traditions, particularly the presence of subtraditions within the Christian faith, and the associated measurement strategy for assigning such affiliations to their specific religious tradition. The approach offers various analytical advantages, but it constitutes an analytical strategy and not a specific theoretical explanation about how different facet...
Choice Reviews Online, 1990
This book, written largely by evangelical scholars, analyzes the nature of contemporary evangelic... more This book, written largely by evangelical scholars, analyzes the nature of contemporary evangelicalism and evangelical political involvement, identifies some of the strengths and weaknesses of evangelical political participation, and assesses the significance of present and future evangelical political activity. Contributions include: Contemporary Evangelical Political Involvement: An Overview, by Corwin E. Smidt; The Politics of Christianity Today: 1956-1986, by J. David Fairbanks; The Evangelical Phenomenon: A Falwell-Graham Typology, by Ron R. Stockton; Evangelicals and the New Christian Right: Coherence Versus Diversity in the Issue Stands of Evangelicals, by Corwin E. Smidt; Evangelicals and Political Realignment, by Lyman A. Kellstedt; Evangelical Politics: The Role of the Media, by J. David Woodard; The 'Coming-Out' of Evangelicals, by Lynn Buzzard; The Promise and Pitfalls of Evangelical Political Involvement, by Stephen V. Monsma; Goals of Evangelical Political Involvement: A Fundamentalist Perspective, by Edward G. Dobson; Can Politics Be 'Saved'?: What Must Evangelicals Do to Become Politically Responsible?, by James W. Skillen. Co-published with the Calvin College Department of Political Science and the Calvin College Conference on Christianity and Politics.
Religion As Social Capital, 2003
Religion and American Politics, 2007