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Toward a Theory of Religious Coalitions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2016

Clyde Wilcox
Clyde Wilcox*
Affiliation:
Georgetown University
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Clyde Wilcox, Department of Government, Georgetown University, ICC 679, Washington, DC 20057. E-mail: wilcoxc@georgetown.edu
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Abstract

Although there has been considerable descriptive writing about religious coalitions, more work is needed in specifying when these coalitions form and when they are successful. This article offers some sketches toward a more general theory of religious coalitions.

Type
Symposium: The Politics of Religious Alliances
Information
Politics and Religion , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 2016 , pp. 234 - 248
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Copyright © Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association 2016 

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