Citation

Olson LR, Crawford SES, Guth JL. J. Sci. Study Relig. 2000; 39(2): 140-153.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

Using data from separate studies conducted in 1988-89 and 1998, we explore changes in the issue agendas of women clergy. Rosenstone and Hansen (1993) argue persuasively that mobilization often occurs due to a commitment to a particular political issue. Our data allow us to test three separate hypotheses about the evolution of women clergy's issue agendas over the course of a decade that saw an unprecedented number of women enter the ministry. Shifts in the issue agendas of women clergy suggest a model of issue agenda evolution including four possible explanations for change: public agenda shifts, changes resulting from the growing number of women clergy, or ideological stability.