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Description:Clergy are pillarsof local religious communities, and Roman Catholic priests are perhaps thequintessential examples of pastors functioning as political elites. The political science literature demonstrates that priests (indeed, clergy more generally)are well-positioned to influence the faithful, even if this influence is somewhat inconsistent.At their core, priestsare opinion leadersand representatives of their church to both the faithful and their localcommunities. But exactly how Catholic priestsdetermine the political acts and attitudes associated with their elite role remains a puzzle. We suggest it is the product of an interactive institutional, social, and psychological milieu, the complexity of which has not been fully assessed in the extant literature. Though some might prefer to think ofpriestsas profiles in courage operating above the political fray, the institutional and personal realities of priest life often forces them to deal with the political realm. In doing so, priestsare variably responsive to different principals, or reference groups, that represent specific dimensions of their professional context. Drawing on aseries of randomized experiments on samples of RomanCatholic priests in the US and Ireland, we find thatpriestscognitively draw on varying professional and personal cues in responding to their employer s institutional preferences. Furthermore, how priests representtheirchurch's political preferences to parishionersappears to be a matter of individual-level discretion."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Matter of Discretion: The Politics of Catholic Priests in the United States and Ireland. To get started finding A Matter of Discretion: The Politics of Catholic Priests in the United States and Ireland, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Clergy are pillarsof local religious communities, and Roman Catholic priests are perhaps thequintessential examples of pastors functioning as political elites. The political science literature demonstrates that priests (indeed, clergy more generally)are well-positioned to influence the faithful, even if this influence is somewhat inconsistent.At their core, priestsare opinion leadersand representatives of their church to both the faithful and their localcommunities. But exactly how Catholic priestsdetermine the political acts and attitudes associated with their elite role remains a puzzle. We suggest it is the product of an interactive institutional, social, and psychological milieu, the complexity of which has not been fully assessed in the extant literature. Though some might prefer to think ofpriestsas profiles in courage operating above the political fray, the institutional and personal realities of priest life often forces them to deal with the political realm. In doing so, priestsare variably responsive to different principals, or reference groups, that represent specific dimensions of their professional context. Drawing on aseries of randomized experiments on samples of RomanCatholic priests in the US and Ireland, we find thatpriestscognitively draw on varying professional and personal cues in responding to their employer s institutional preferences. Furthermore, how priests representtheirchurch's political preferences to parishionersappears to be a matter of individual-level discretion."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Matter of Discretion: The Politics of Catholic Priests in the United States and Ireland. To get started finding A Matter of Discretion: The Politics of Catholic Priests in the United States and Ireland, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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