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Lerone Martin on Preaching on Wax and Phonograph Religion
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Beginning in 1925, Columbia Records and a number of other independent record labels began to record and distribute the sermons of African American preachers. These recordings became enormously popular and represented a "folk worship" stream of African American religiosity in the first half of the 20th century. Dr. Lerone Martin (Danforth Center, Washington University) explains the origins of this phenomenon that lasted for several decades, as well as the dynamics and lasting impact of "phonograph religion." We include three clips from popular preachers in our interview, and more can be found on by clicking "read more" below.
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Gerald De Maio on the Electoral Religion Gap
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With the election season heating up, we revisit the issue of whether religion plays a role in voting behavior in the United States. Prof. Gerald De Maio (Baruch College, CUNY) discusses his collaborative research with Louis Bolce on the "religion gap" in American politics. This research indicates that those who attend church more regularly, or who hold more orthodox religious views, tend to vote much differently than seculars. De Maio and Bolce's research also shows how the media has failed to pick up on this electoral divide while touting other "gaps" — e.g., gender, age, soccer moms — that are much less salient when it comes to predicting election outcomes. We speculate how the "religion gap" will play out in the November 2012 elections.
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Patrick Mason on Anti-Mormonism and Mitt Romney
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With Mitt Romney making waves as a presidential candidate frontrunner for the Republican Party, we visit with Prof. Patrick Mason to discuss the history of anti-Mormon bigotry in the United States tracing it back to the founding of the faith in the 1820s.
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Darin Mather on Evangelicals and Racial Attitudes
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Darin Mather, a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota, discusses changing racial attitudes among younger evangelicals (defined as being born after 1957) and their elders, showing how the former are much more tolerant than the latter. Mather's research also demonstrates that younger evangelicals are becoming more tolerant of racial diversity and have a greater sense of racial solidarity much like their younger non-evangelical counterparts. However, we note that younger evangelicals differ from their peers on public policy issues such as affirmative action and economic assistance to historically disadvantaged communities. We explore reasons for these similarities and differences.
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