The Catholic Bishops and the Rise of Evangelical Catholics

Religions

Patricia Miller¹ 

[1] Senior Correspondent, Religion Dispatches

关键词: U.S. Catholic bishops;    abortion;    Republican;    Democratic;    voting;   

DOI  :  10.3390/rel7010006

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

White Catholics are increasingly trending toward the Republican Party, both as voters and candidates. Many of these Republican-leaning Catholics are displaying a more outspoken, culture-war oriented form of Catholicism that has been dubbed Evangelical Catholicism. Through their forceful disciplining of pro-choice Catholics and treatment of abortion in their quadrennial voting guides, as well as their emphasis on “religious liberty”, the U.S. bishops have played a major role in the rise of these Evangelical Catholics.

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