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Reading the Bible in America: The Moral and Political Attitude Effect

Review of religious research, 2013-09, Vol.55 (3), p.393-411 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer 2013 ;2013 Religious Research Association ;Religious Research Association, Inc. 2013 ;2015 INIST-CNRS ;Review of Religious Research is a copyright of Springer, (2013). All Rights Reserved. ;ISSN: 0034-673X ;EISSN: 2211-4866 ;DOI: 10.1007/s13644-013-0109-2 ;CODEN: RVRRAU

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Title:
Reading the Bible in America: The Moral and Political Attitude Effect
Author: Franzen, Aaron B.
Subjects: Anthropology ; Atheism ; Attitudes ; Bible ; Biblical literalism ; Christianity ; Conservatism ; Ethics ; Exegesis & hermeneutics ; General subjects. History of religions. Religious anthropology ; Historical text analysis ; History and sciences of religions ; Ideology ; Liberalism ; Morality ; Original Paper ; Political Attitudes ; Political ideologies ; Politics ; Protestantism ; Reading ; Religiosity ; Religious fundamentalism ; Religious practices ; Religious Studies ; Social Sciences ; Sociology of Religion ; Spirituality ; Studies in religion ; Traditionalism ; United States of America
Is Part Of: Review of religious research, 2013-09, Vol.55 (3), p.393-411
Description: The Bible is an important text in American history, but research analyzing the social consequences of reading the Bible is very limited. Research focusing on religious practices or religiosity with Bible reading as part of a scale shows a tendency towards conservatism and traditionalism, as do more literalist views of the Bible. In the present study, biblical literalism is treated as a powerful context guiding one's reading. The focus here is a quantitative view of Bible reading, deploying two 'conservative' and two 'liberal' moral/political scales and two competing views for how Bible reading may function. Results indicate that Bible reading is positively related to both of the liberal scales as well as the conservative scales for non-literalists, but not for those with literalist Bible views. The findings begin to show the importance of independent Bible reading, how it may function differently for literalists and non-literalists, and highlights the degree to which literalism and Bible reading are different constructs.
Publisher: London, England: Springer
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0034-673X
EISSN: 2211-4866
DOI: 10.1007/s13644-013-0109-2
CODEN: RVRRAU
Source: ProQuest Central

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Reading the Bible in America: The Moral and Political Attitude Effect

Springer 2013 ;2013 Religious Research Association ;Religious Research Association, Inc. 2013 ;2015 INIST-CNRS ;Review of Religious Research is a copyright of Springer, (2013). All Rights Reserved. ;ISSN: 0034-673X ;EISSN: 2211-4866 ;DOI: 10.1007/s13644-013-0109-2 ;CODEN: RVRRAU

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