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Religious and Political Identities

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Political and Religious Identities of British Evangelicals

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Religion has become a group identity with sociopolitical consequences. To explore the political attitudes and behaviors of British Evangelicals, Hatcher conducts an original survey and focus groups in ten Evangelical congregations across Britain . It is clear that religion is their strongest identity; however, they shun the label “Evangelical” for its negative connotations. Moreover, statistical analysis reveals that religious identity is not predictive of political identity for British Evangelicals. They are just as likely to be Left, Right, or Center and largely reject partisan affiliation. In their own words, the party system does not offer a good fit for the social and political views of British Evangelicals.

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Hatcher, A.C. (2017). Religious and Political Identities. In: Political and Religious Identities of British Evangelicals. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56282-7_3

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