Title

The Role of Religion in Public Conflicts over the Arts in the Philadelphia Area, 1965-1997

Author(s)

Paul DiMaggio Paul DiMaggio (Princeton University)

Wendy Cadge Wendy Cadge (Princeton University)

Lynn Robinson Lynn Robinson (Princeton University)

Brian Steensland Brian Steensland (Princeton University)

Abstract

How would we characterize the relationship between religion and the arts in the Philadelphia area between 1965 and 1997? The late 1980s and early 1990s in Philadelphia followed a decade that was unusually free of contention between religion and the arts. In comparison to the 1970s and early 1980s, religious participation in cultural conflict was not particularly high during the "culture-war" era. However, religious discourse as opposed to participation did play a role in more controversies during the late 1980s and 1990s. The findings also suggest that after 1986 religious actors and their allies were far more likely to employ the tools of social-movement mobilization and to connect their own claims to national social movements or campaigns.

Creation Date

2000-07

Section URL ID

CACPS

Paper Number

16

URL

https://culturalpolicy.princeton.edu/sites/culturalpolicy/files/wp16_dimaggio_cage_robinson_steensland.pdf

File Function

Jel

Z11, Z12, N32

Keyword(s)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Suppress

false

Series

6