Perceptions of Threat to Religious Liberty Academic Article

abstract

• ABSTRACTReligious freedom in the United States is widely enjoyed and vigorously protected. Yet, a substantial percentage of Americans believe that their religious liberties are threatened. This article investigates the origins of these perceptions, focusing on the role of political orientations, religious identities and behaviors, social issues (i.e., gay marriage and abortion), and news attentiveness. We found that perceptions of threat are related to political orientations (i.e., partisan affiliation, ideology, and Tea Party identification) and issue positions (i.e., opposition to gay marriage). Consistent with theories of elite cue-taking, the effects of partisan affiliation are contingent on news attentiveness. Republicans who pay closer attention to the news are more likely to state that their religious liberties are threatened.

authors

• Goidel, Robert

published proceedings

• PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS

altmetric score

• 19.08

author list (cited authors)

• Goidel, K., Smentkowski, B., & Freeman, C.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Goidel, Kirby||Smentkowski, Brian||Freeman, Craig

publication date

• July 2016

publisher

• Cambridge University Press (CUP)  Publisher

published in

• PS: Political Science and Politics  Journal

keywords

• 15 Life On Land
• 44 Human Society
• 4408 Political Science

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1017/S1049096516000809

start page

• 426

end page

• 432

volume

• 49

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049096516000809

user-defined tag

• 15 Life on Land