(Ebook) Evangelicals and Immigration: Fault Lines Among the Faithful by Ruth M. Melkonian-Hoover, Lyman A. Kellstedt ISBN 9783319980850, 9783319980867, 3319980858, 3319980866

(Ebook) Evangelicals and Immigration: Fault Lines Among the Faithful by Ruth M. Melkonian-Hoover, Lyman A. Kellstedt ISBN 9783319980850, 9783319980867, 3319980858, 3319980866

The topic of immigration is at the center of contemporary politics and, from a scholarly perspective, existing studies have documented that attitudes towards immigration have brought about changes in both partisanship and voting behavior. However, many scholars have missed or misconstrued the role of religion in this transformation, particularly evangelical Protestant Christianity. This book examines the historical and contemporary relationships between religion and immigration politics, with a particularly in-depth analysis of the fault lines within evangelicalism—divisions not only between whites and non-whites, but also the increasingly consequential disconnect between elites and laity within white evangelicalism. The book’s empirical analysis relies on original interviews with Christian leaders, data from original church surveys conducted by the authors, and secondary analysis of several national public opinion surveys. It concludes with suggestions for bridging the elite/laity and racial divides.

Ruth M. Melkonian-Hoover: (Ph.D., Emory University) is Chair and Professor of Political Science at Gordon College, Massachusetts. She has contributed chapters to Faith in a Pluralist Age (2018) and Is the Good Book Good Enough? (2011). She has published in a wide range of journals including Social Science Quarterly, The Review of Faith & International Affairs, Latin American Perspectives,Political Research Quarterly,Comment, and Capital Commentary.