Citation

Mac Iver MA. Sociol. Relig. 1990; 51(3): 287-295.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Association for the Sociology of Religion)

DOI

10.2307/3711179

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This research note examines the political positions of left-leaning evangelicals and attempts to explain why they diverge so markedly from those of the fundamentalists and other evangelicals. Content analysis of left-wing and right-wing evangelical publications indicates that these groups differ somewhat in their images of God, but differ much more in how they link images of God and Jesus to political positions. Perhaps not only educational background but also different conceptions of the kingdom of God and eschatalogical positions are important factors in explaining political differences between these groups.