Book Discussion
Schedule
Sun Jun 21 2026 at 01:30 pm to 03:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Unitarian Universalist Church of Stillwater | Stillwater, OK
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Files will be posted/emailed after the May meeting. Journal Articles: Discuss 2 journal articles - PDF pages you can print will be uploaded to Facebook group event/files & distributed via email to participants.
How Complex Religion Can Improve Our Understanding of American Politics - Melissa Wilde & Lindsay Glassman (2016) 12pp Sociologists have long acknowledged the importance of religion for American politics, especially for two groups of people: (a) (white) conservative Protestants, who are increasingly affiliated with the religious right, and (b) progressives, who are more and more disaffiliated from organized religion. However, a comprehensive statement of the ways in which religion matters for politics, the context in which it matters and does not matter, and how this has changed over time is lacking.
American Religion in the Era of Increasing Polarization - Samuel L Perry (2022) 15pp I show that religion remains powerfully implicated in all dimensions of American polarization, and sociologists must once again make religion more central to their analyses. After outlining research on American polarization, focusing on the role of religion, I survey findings within the burgeoning literatures on cultural transformation processes, (White) Christian nationalism, complex religion, and Americans’ attitudes toward science in order to underscore the centrality of ethno-religious identities, religious demography, and religious institutions for both shaping and exacerbating various forms of polarization. Lastly, I propose an agenda for elucidating religion's ongoing role in understanding polarization beyond public opinion research at the macro-, meso-, and micro-levels.
Front door will be open for single level access to the forum room on the main level. Entering from parking lot - go up the stairs.
A $1/person donation is requested by not required to help offset the use of the facilities
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Unitarian Universalist Church of Stillwater, 320 S Stallard St,Stillwater, Oklahoma, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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