Question
Complete this assignment on the Religion Gap Article at the following link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20451783?seq=5#page_scan_tab_contents
Break the paper down by sections:
1. Identify 5 studies that were critical in the article. For each article give the full citation and explain why the authors cited the study.
2. Take 3 of the 5 studies and locate them online and cite where they are located.
3. Obtain a copy of 1 of the studies and answer the following questions:
A) What is the main conclusions of the article? (Note NOT the Religion Gap but the article used to write the Religion Gap that the writer found)
B) Did Olson and Green properly interpret their findings? Why or Why not?
This must be perfect– if you don’t understand please ask questions ASAP.
Please be clear in your answers by responding to the questions as asked.
Firstly, the paper has 3 parts, kindly mark it as such.
Part 1:
You are to identify 5 articles that were used in the paper titled: “The Religion Gap”. Under each article, Begin by explaining why the authors of “The Religion Gap” used the article. E.g the sentence may begin like this: the authors of “The Religion Gap” used this source because/in order to/as a justification for/in an attempt to explain how….etc”
Part 2:
Take 3 of the 5 studies. Please identify the 3 that you have chosen among the ones explained in Part 1. Indicate where each of the three articles are located (the name of the website where they are found)
Part 3:
Choose one of the 3 studies you’ve selected in Part 2 and answer the following questions:
***Again, please make this perfect. Thank you***
Answer
Part 1
Thomma, S (2003). Americans’ Religious Practices Serve as Gauge of Political Choice. Philadelphia Inquirer. December 1, A2.
The authors used this source as a justification of the view that there is a huge likelihood of Americans voting in leaders based on religious affiliations.
Eastland, T. (2004). The God Gap. The Weekly Standard. September 1. Retrieved from www.theweeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/549seuge.asp
The authors used this article in order tocriticize the U.S. political process based on the view that all the major political parties in the United States tend to have a religious constituency.
Florina. M.P (2005). Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America. New York: Pearson Longman.
The authors of the article “The Religion Gap” used this particular paper to support their argument that the matter at hand pertains to the existence of a religion gap in the voting behavior of Americans. For instance, Olson and Green (2006) point out that individuals who are deemed as conservatives are likely to be affiliated with the Republican party.
Wunthow R. (1998). The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith since World War II. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Olson and Green (2006) used this source as a point of reference in an attempt to explain how the widespread societal changes resulted in the emergence of two dominant kinds of religious orientations in America in the post-World War II era. The first one is a politically and theoretically conservative religious outlook while the second one is the emergence of an increasingly liberal and relativist approach to politics and theology. The author of this specific article demonstrates that this dichotomy tends to appear within most families across the United States.
Layman, G & John. C.G (2005). Wars and Rumors of Wars: The Contexts and Cultural Conflict in American Political Behavior. British Journal of Political Science 36: 61-89
Olson and Green (2006) quoted this particular article in order to explain that there have been increased noteworthy changes mainly in the voting behaviors of Americans based on the two religious traditions: Evangelicals and Pentecostals. For example, Evangelicals seem to have undergone a systematic political realignment asfrom the 1980s, hence becoming one of the loyal constituencies of the Republican Party.
Part 2
Here are the three chosen sources and the websites where they were obtained from:
Florina. M.P (2005). Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America. New York: Pearson Longman. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net
Thomma, S (2003). Americans’ Religious Practices Serve as Gauge of Political Choice. Philadelphia Inquirer. December 1, A2. Retrieved from www.people-press.org/reports/
Eastland, T. (2004). The God Gap. The Weekly Standard. September 1. Retrieved from www.theweeklystandard.com
Part 3
Eastland, T. (2004). The God Gap. The Weekly Standard. September 1. Retrieved from www.theweeklystandard.com
- The main conclusion of the article is that it criticizes the core arguments of the article by Olson and Green by positing that the two major political parties tend to affiliate themselves with religion.
- Olson and Green (2006) interpreted the arguments made in the articlecorrectly. They stated that the most religious individuals who attend church on a regular basis are likely to vote in the Republicans while less religious ones are highly likely to vote in Democratic candidates.The article by Eastland criticizes this point of view by elaborating on the position that whether Republicans or Democrats, Americans tend to be affiliated their religious beliefs of choice.
References
Eastland, T. (2004). The God Gap. The Weekly Standard. September 1. Retrieved from www.theweeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/549seuge.asp
Florina. M.P (2005). Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America. New York: Pearson Longman.
Layman, G & John. C.G (2005). Wars and Rumors of Wars: The Contexts and Cultural Conflict in American Political Behavior. British Journal of Political Science 36: 61- 89
Olson, L. & Green, J. (2006). The Religion Gap.Political Science and Politics, 4, 455-459.
Thomma, S (2003). Americans’ Religious Practices Serve as Gauge of Political Choice. Philadelphia Inquirer. December 1, A2.
Wunthow R. (1998). The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith since World War II. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
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