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Author Knutson, Katherine E

Title Interfaith advocacy : the role of religious coalitions in the political process / Katherine E. Knutson
Edition 1 [edition]
Published New York : Routledge, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 170 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge research in American politics and governance ; 7
Routledge research in American politics and governance ; 7.
Contents Unlikely ties : the Joint Religious Legislative Coalition -- Seeds of faith : founding an interfaith coalition -- Joining the club : membership and the JRLC -- Joining forces : coalitions, policymaking, and political conflict -- Behind closed doors : lobbying policymakers directly -- Rallying the troops : using the public and the media -- Getting out the vote : influence through campaigns and elections -- The challenges and opportunities of interfaith coalitions
Summary Using the historic Minnesota state government shutdown of 2011 as a backdrop, Interfaith Advocacy describes the work of the Joint Religious Legislative Coalition, an interfaith advocacy group that brings together leaders from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim traditions to advocate on behalf of a range of policies. As the nation's first statewide interfaith lobbying group, the story of the JRLC facilitates an examination of the role of political advocacy groups in state level American politics: what they are, how and why they form, how they mobilize citizens to participate in
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Joint Religious Legislative Coalition (Minn.)
SUBJECT Joint Religious Legislative Coalition (Minn.) fast
Subject Religion and politics -- Minnesota
Religion and state -- Minnesota
Religions -- Relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
Interfaith relations
Religion
Religion and politics
Religion and state
Religions
SUBJECT Minnesota -- Religion
Subject Minnesota
Form Electronic book
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