Religious Interests in Community Conflict: Beyond the Culture Wars

List of Tables and Figures

h vii List of Tables and Figures tables Table 2.1 Clergy and Estimated Congregant Opinions on the Proposed Wayland Casino 35 Table 2.2 Percentage of Allegan Area Clergy Engaging in CasinowRelated Political Activities by Denominational Category 37 Table 2.3 Congregant Contacts with Clergy Regarding the Casino and the Direction of those Contacts 38 Table 2.4 Church Governing Board Activity in Opposition to the Casino 39 Table 4.1 The Initial and Ongoing Sources of Discussions of Gay Rights and Homosexuality in Columbus Churches 83 Table 4.2 Engagement of Columbus Clergy with Groups Active on Issue 1 86 Table 4.3 The Distribution of Group Contacts within Religious Traditions 87 Table 4.4 Mean Number of Group Contacts, Group Activity, and Issue 1 Politicking in Church by the Partisan Match of the Clergy and the Congregation and by Religious Tradition 88 Table 4.5 The Efficacy of Issue 1 Group Contacts: Correlations between Group Contacts and Clergy Partisanship and Political Behaviors 90 Table 4.6 Church Involvement in Voter Registration and the Availability of ElectionwRelated Materials by Religious Tradition, ClergywChurch Vote Match, and Whether Issue 1 was Discussed 91 Table 4.7 A Test of Sample Bias: Comparison of Selected Denominational Affiliations of Sample Congregations to the Yellow Pages and the 2000 NCCC sample 99 Table 5.1 Congregations with Health Ministry Programs 111 Table 8.1 Religious Affiliation and Activity by the 2003 Salt Lake City Mayoral Vote 177 Table 8.2 Perceived Influence of Groups by Religious Affiliation 178 Table 8.3 Religious Affiliation and Activity by Agreement with Main Street Plaza Settlement 188 Table 9.1 Clergy Engagement and Clergy Perceptions of Engagement by Denomination and Predominant Race/Ethnicity of Church 204 Table 9.2 Clergy Opinions on Statements Concerning Race Relations by Movement and Predominant Race/Ethnicity of Church of Clergy 206 Table 9.3 The Opinions of Clergy in Predominantly White and Black Churches on Groups Promoting Racial Reconciliation 208 Table 9.4 Clergy RacewRelated Activities before and after April 2001 Riots 210 Table 9.5 Clergy Frequency of Activity in Selected Reconciliation Issues since April 2001 by Denomination and Predominant Race/Ethnicity 211 Table 9.6 Clergy Reported Motivation for Involvement in Reconciliation Efforts by Denomination and Predominant Race/Ethnicity of Church 214 viii List of Tables and Figures Table 9.7 Clergy Contacts about Racial Reconciliation Issues 215 Table 9.8 Correlation between Church Distance from the Riots and Engagement/Selected Activities 216 Table 9.9 Estimated Reconciliatory Activity of Cincinnati Clergy on an Activity Index and Selected Components of the Index 218 Table 11.1 Summary of the Diversity of Issues, Communities, and Methods Employed in the Volume’s Chapters 265 Table 11.2 How Many and When Did Religious Interests Engage the Conflict? 267 Table 11.3 Summary of the Dominant Types of Religious Interests Playing Public Roles in these Conflicts 275 FIgures Figure 2.1 Casinos in Michigan and Federally Recognized American Indian Tribes 19 Figure 4.1 The Interest and Involvement of Columbus Clergy on Issue 1 82 Figure 4.2 Mean Clergy Involvement with Issue 1 by Religious Tradition 84 Figure 4.3 Mean Clergy Involvement with Issue 1 by Partisanship 85 List of Tables and Figures ix ...