Degree Year
2012
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Politics
Advisor(s)
Harlan Wilson
Michael Parkin
Keywords
Evangelicals, Political trust, Trust in the government
Abstract
Evangelicals in the U.S. tend to support candidates who advocate for a minimal government and significant downsizing, if not elimination, of the welfare state. This phenomenon may be the result of certain components in an Evangelical worldview. Though evangelicals in the U.S. may have higher interpersonal trust, they distrust the government more than non-evangelicals. This research will explore political theories that discuss the political functions of Protestantism and apply such analyses to contemporary American evangelicals. National Election Survey 2004 will empirically qualify some claims in my theoretical discussion.
Repository Citation
Lee, Fei-ran, "Evangelical Protestants and Political Trust" (2012). Honors Papers. 363.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/363
