Pentecostal Identity and Citizen Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Evidence from Zambia
Pentecostal Identity and Citizen Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Evidence from Zambia
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撒哈拉以南非洲的五旬节身份和公民参与：来自赞比亚的新证据
DOI：
10.1017/s1755048318000330
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
E. Hern
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作者：
E. Sperber;E. Hern
摘要 自 20 世纪 80 年代以来，五旬节派和其他重生的基督教运动在许多撒哈拉以南非洲国家的公共领域变得越来越突出。由于缺乏可靠的调查数据，限制了对这些宗教运动对政治态度和参与的潜在影响的调查。本文分析了基督教国家赞比亚的原始调查数据。这些数据来自 1,500 名赞比亚人的分层随机样本，表明五旬节派实际上确实有共同的党派偏好，并且比其他基督徒有更高水平的政治兴趣和参与度。然而，他们不太可能联系民选官员——这一发现与五旬节派牧师作为其政治动员会众的政治对话者的人种学描述相符。我们使用皮尤论坛（2010 年，N = 9,500）收集的跨国调查数据进一步背景化并探索我们研究结果的外部有效性。最后，我们强调对该地区宗教和政治进行进一步调查研究的价值。
Abstract Since the 1980s, Pentecostal and other born again Christian movements have become increasingly prominent in the public spheres of many sub-Saharan African states. A dearth of reliable survey data has constrained investigation of the potential influence of these religious movements on political attitudes and participation. This article analyzes original survey data from Zambia, a majority-Christian nation. These data, from a stratified random sample of 1,500 Zambians, indicate that Pentecostals do in fact share partisan preferences and report higher levels of political interest and participation than other Christians. They are less likely, however, to contact elected officials—a finding that accords with ethnographic accounts of Pentecostal pastors as political interlocutors for their politically mobilized congregations. We further contextualize and explore the external validity of our findings using cross-national survey data collected by the Pew Forum (2010, N = 9,500). We conclude by underscoring the value of further survey research on religion and politics in the region.