BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Michele Margolis is an associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies public opinion\, political psychology\, and religion and politics. Her work has been supported by th e National Science Foundation and appeared in numerous outlets\, including : American Journal of Political Science\, Journal of Politics\, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology\, Public Opinion Quarterly\, Political Beh avior\, Politics &\; Religion. Her book\, "From Politics to the Pews" ( University of Chicago Press\, 2018)\, won the Distinguished Book Award fro m the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.Margolis will present " From Politics to the Pews: How Partisanship and the Political Landscape Sh ape Religious Identity."One of the most substantial divides in American po litics is the “God gap.” Religious voters tend to identify with and suppor t the Republican Party\, while secular voters generally support the Democr atic Party. Conventional wisdom suggests that religious differences betwee n Republicans and Democrats have produced this gap\, with voters sorting t hemselves into the party that best represents their religious views. This talk challenges the conventional wisdom\, arguing that the relationship be tween religion and politics is far from a one-way street that starts in th e church and ends at the ballot box. Instead\, political identity has a pr ofound effect on social identity\, including religion. Whether a person ch ooses to identify as religious and the extent of their involvement in a re ligious community are\, in part\, a response to political surroundings. In today’s climate of political polarization\, partisan actors also help rei nforce the relationship between religion and politics\, as Democratic and Republican elites stake out divergent positions on moral issues and use re ligious faith to varying degrees when reaching out to voters.This event is part of a series of discussions hosted by the Hicker Family Professor in Renewing Democratic Community to promote civil discourse and mutual unders tanding. Michele will take the stage with Chris Faricy\, associate profess or of political science and the inaugural Hicker Family Professor in Renew ing Democratic Community. DTEND:20230407T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260415T063116Z DTSTART:20230407T190000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:From Politics to the Pews: How Partisanship and the Political Lands cape Shape Religious Identity UID:RFCALITEM639118170767533753 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Michele Margolis is an associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies public opinion\, political psychology\, and religion and politics. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation and appeared in numerous outlets\, including: American Journal of Political Science\, Journal of P olitics\, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology\, Public Opinion Quart erly\, Political Behavior\, Politics &\; Religion. Her book\, "From Pol itics to the Pews" (University of Chicago Press\, 2018)\, won the Distingu ished Book Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.

Margolis will present "From Politics to the Pews: How Partisanship and the Political Landscape Shape Religious Identity."

One of the most substantial divides in American politics is the “God gap.” Religious voter s tend to identify with and support the Republican Party\, while secular v oters generally support the Democratic Party. Conventional wisdom suggests that religious differences between Republicans and Democrats have produce d this gap\, with voters sorting themselves into the party that best repre sents their religious views.

This talk challenges the conventional wisdom\, arguing that the relationship between religion and politics is fa r from a one-way street that starts in the church and ends at the ballot b ox. Instead\, political identity has a profound effect on social identity\ , including religion. Whether a person chooses to identify as religious an d the extent of their involvement in a religious community are\, in part\, a response to political surroundings. In today’s climate of political pol arization\, partisan actors also help reinforce the relationship between r eligion and politics\, as Democratic and Republican elites stake out diver gent positions on moral issues and use religious faith to varying degrees when reaching out to voters.

This event is part of a series of discu ssions hosted by the Hicker Family Professor in Renewing Democratic Commun ity to promote civil discourse and mutual understanding. Michele will take the stage with Chris Faricy\, associate professor of political science an d the inaugural Hicker Family Professor in Renewing Democratic Community.< /p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR