DC Sociological Society

Past Event

Thursday, October 24, 2013 6:30 PM EDT
GWU, Phillips Hall 411 801 22nd St, NW

Join the sociology faculty and students at the next DCSS meeting! It should be fascinating and controversial.

Do the religious affiliations of elected officials shape the way they vote on such key issues as abortion, homosexuality, defense spending, taxes, and welfare spending? Are these issues uniquely polarizing, or examples of a more general pattern of ideological division in U.S. Congress? In this talk, William D’Antonio, Steven Tuch, and Josiah Baker will address these issues and more as they discuss their new book, Religion, Politics, and Polarization: How Religiopolitical Conflict Is Changing Congress and American Democracy (Rowman and Littlefield).

William D’Antonio is a visiting research professor of Sociology at the Catholic University of America, and a Fellow of the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies.

Steven Tuch is a Professor of Sociology and Public Policy & Public Administration at the George Washington University.

Josiah Baker is an Assistant Professor of Financial Economics at Methodist University.

Reception from 6:30-7:00, Panel from 7:00-8:00