Clergy Deliberation on Gay Rights and Homosexuality
Clergy Deliberation on Gay Rights and Homosexuality
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神职人员对同性恋权利和同性恋的审议
作者：
Paul A. Djupe;Jacob R. Neiheisel
在研究日益流行的协商民主概念时，社会科学家最常关注的是讨论网络中的“交叉”元素。然而，对网络中的审议的研究排除了许多其他审议话语的来源，并且忽略了一些理论家所声称的精英（如神职人员）在促进群体环境中的辩论方面的重要作用。为此，我们提出了这样的问题：神职人员是否在同性恋权利等潜在的分歧问题上为审议过程建模？在2004年大选之后，我们对俄亥俄州哥伦布市的神职人员进行了一项原始调查，以了解神职人员讨论的数量和多样性。我们发现，在会众不团结的条件下，讨论的多样性增加了，这有点矛盾，对问题讨论的数量没有影响。
In examining the increasingly popular concept of deliberative democracy, social scientists most often look to “cross-cutting” elements within discussion networks. Studies of deliberation in networks, however, preclude a number of other sources of deliberative discourse, and ignore the important role that some theorists claim for elites, like clergy, in fostering debate in group settings. To this effect we ask: Do clergy model the deliberative process on potentially divisive issues such as gay rights? We employ an original survey instrument administered to clergy in Columbus, Ohio, just after the 2004 election to understand the quantity and diversity of clergy discussion. We find that discussion diversity increases under conditions of congregational disunity, which, somewhat paradoxically, has no effect on the quantity of issue discussion.