Previous research has found a steady increase in the number of people involved in emerging forms of civic engagements such as Internet campaigns, protests, political consumerism, and alternative lifestyle communities. Verba et al. (1995) have established that various forms of political...

In their attempts to mobilise supporters and justify their actions, violent religious extremists often refer to parts of scripture that legitimize violence against supposed enemies of the faith. Accounts of religious extremism are divided on whether such references to scripture have genuine...

In this paper we investigate the impact of religious involvement on voting preference and voting behavior for the Christian Democratic party in Belgium. Although it is widely recognized that religious involvement is declining in Western European democracies, there is still significant evidence...