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vii Illustrations Figures 5.1 Effect of Religious Particularism on Catholics’ Opinions on Social Issues 159 5.2 Effect of Willingness to Accept Church Guidance on Catholics’ Opinions on Social Issues 160 5.3 Effect of Priestly Messages on Parishioners’ Religious Particularism 173 5.4 Effect of Homily Quality on Parishioners’ Willingness to Accept Church Guidance 176 Tables 2.1 Party Identification of Pastors 45 2.2 Political Ideology of Pastors 45 2.3 Issue Positions of Pastors 46 2.4 Influence of Pastors on Political Ideology and Partisan Identification of Parishioners 51 2.5 Influence of Pastor’s Issue Position on Parishioners’ Issue Positions 56 2.6 Influence of Pastor’s Ideology on Parishioners’ Issue Positions 60 2.7 A Closer Look at Pastors’ Influence on Parishioners’ Issue Positions 64 2.8 Pastors’ Influence on Parishioners’ Willingness to Accept Guidance from the Church 69 2.9 Pastors’ Influence on Parishioners’ Conceptions of God 71 3.1 Parishes and Pastors: 2004 Study of Priestly Political Influence 81 4.1 Bulletin Discussion of Birth Control, Homosexuality, Capital Punishment , International Aid, and Foreign Affairs 122 4.2 Bulletin Discussion of Abortion and Aid to the Poor 124 4.3 Discussion of Aid to the Poor Compared with Discussion of Abortion in Parish Bulletins 126 5.1 Demographic Characteristics of Respondents 140 5.2 Political Characteristics of Respondents 142 5.3 Political Characteristics of Respondents by Parish 142 5.4 Religious Influences on Vote Choice 149 5.5 Religious Influences on Partisanship and Ideology 151 5.6 Religious Influences on Presidential Approval Rating and Candidate Evaluations 153 5.7 Religious Influences on Parishioners’ Opinions on Social Issues 158 5.8 Religious Influences on Parishioners’ Opinions on Economic Issues 162 5.9 Religious Influences on Parishioners’ Opinions on Foreign Affairs Issues 165 5.10 Religious Influences on Parishioners’ Political Priorities 168 5.11 Effects of Priestly Messages on Religious Particularism 172 5.12 Effects of Priestly Messages on Willingness to Accept Church Guidance 175 viii Illustrations ...

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