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Symposium Introduction: The Politics of Religious Alliances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2016

Ursula Hackett  and
David E. Campbell
Ursula Hackett*
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
David E. Campbell*
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Ursula Hackett, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UQ, United Kingdom. E-mail: ursula.hackett@politics.ox.ac.uk; or to: David E. Campbell, Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, 217 O'Shaughnessy Hall, Notre Dame, IN46556. E-mail: dave_campbell@nd.edu
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Ursula Hackett, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UQ, United Kingdom. E-mail: ursula.hackett@politics.ox.ac.uk; or to: David E. Campbell, Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, 217 O'Shaughnessy Hall, Notre Dame, IN46556. E-mail: dave_campbell@nd.edu
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This symposium examines the politics of religious alliances. While the literature on religion and politics generally focuses on differences across individuals, congregations, denominations, or traditions, these articles instead ask how, when, and why religious groups do — and do not — form alliances with other organizations, both religious and secular. Specifically, this collection of original research examines the formation of multi-denominational coalitions among party activists, litigants, and religious leaders. These varied articles arose from a workshop at Oxford University in March 2015, an event hosted and funded by the Rothermere American Institute. The collection explores the impact of religious coalitional activity upon political attitudes, decision-making, and public policy development. It is wide-ranging, extending our understanding of religious coalitional activity beyond the United States and dealing with topics of vital current significance, including the swiftly changing landscape of school voucher and tax credit expansion, same-sex marriage, healthcare, and abortion advocacy.

Type
Symposium: The Politics of Religious Alliances
Information
Politics and Religion , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 2016 , pp. 227 - 233
Copyright
Copyright © Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association 2016 

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