Brian R. Calfano (Ph.D., University of North Texas) is assistant professor of political science and journalism at the University of Cincinnati and is the academic advisor for the EmbRACELA study conducted by the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission. Calfano is the author of God Talk: Experimenting with the Religious Cause of Public Opinion (with Paul Djupe). His work has appeared in Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior, Political Communication, PS: Political Science and Politics, and State Politics and Policy Quarterly, among other outlets.Melissa R. Michelson (Ph.D., Yale University) is professor of political science at Menlo College. She is author of Listen, We Need to Talk: How to Change Attitudes about LGBT Rights (with Brian F. Harrison), Living the Dream: New Immigration Policies and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth (with Maria Chávez and Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti), and Mobilizing Inclusion: Transforming the Electorate through Get-Out-the-Vote Campaigns (with Lisa García Bedolla). Michelson's work has appeared in American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, and many other outlets.Elizabeth A. Oldmixon (Ph.D., University of Florida) is associate professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas, and a fellow at the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies Summer Institute, Brandeis University. Oldmixon's research focuses on clergy politics and religion and legislative policy-making. She is author of Uncompromising Positions: God, Sex, and the U.S. House of Representatives, and her work has appeared in Politics and Religion, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, and Journal of Church and State. She is editor-in-chief of Politics and Religion.

• PrefaceChapter 1: Catholicism and PoliticsChapter 2: Priests as Political Entrepreneurs of Varying DesireChapter 3: Reflecting on Ministry and PoliticsChapter 4: The Dynamics of Priest Cue RelianceChapter 5: Cognitive Frames, Group Cues, and Priest Political ResponsesChapter 6: Priest Discretion in the FieldChapter 7: ConclusionsNotesReferencesIndex

While we know a great deal about individual clergy members from a generation of study, we still know very little about their institutional constraints, the context in which they act, until now. The authors expertly navigate the complex environment of the Catholic Church across nations (for the first time) with creative data collection. This book, therefore, represents a phase change in the study of clergy; it is a true agenda setting work.

Brian R. Calfano (Ph.D., University of North Texas) is assistant professor of political science and journalism at the University of Cincinnati and is the academic advisor for the EmbRACELA study conducted by the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission. Calfano is the author of God Talk: Experimenting with the Religious Cause of Public Opinion (with Paul Djupe). His work has appeared in Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior, Political Communication, PS: Political Science and Politics, and State Politics and Policy Quarterly, among other outlets.Melissa R. Michelson (Ph.D., Yale University) is professor of political science at Menlo College. She is author of Listen, We Need to Talk: How to Change Attitudes about LGBT Rights (with Brian F. Harrison), Living the Dream: New Immigration Policies and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth (with Maria Chávez and Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti), and Mobilizing Inclusion: Transforming the Electorate through Get-Out-the-Vote Campaigns (with Lisa García Bedolla). Michelson's work has appeared in American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, and many other outlets.Elizabeth A. Oldmixon (Ph.D., University of Florida) is associate professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas, and a fellow at the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies Summer Institute, Brandeis University. Oldmixon's research focuses on clergy politics and religion and legislative policy-making. She is author of Uncompromising Positions: God, Sex, and the U.S. House of Representatives, and her work has appeared in Politics and Religion, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, and Journal of Church and State. She is editor-in-chief of Politics and Religion.

• PrefaceChapter 1: Catholicism and PoliticsChapter 2: Priests as Political Entrepreneurs of Varying DesireChapter 3: Reflecting on Ministry and PoliticsChapter 4: The Dynamics of Priest Cue RelianceChapter 5: Cognitive Frames, Group Cues, and Priest Political ResponsesChapter 6: Priest Discretion in the FieldChapter 7: ConclusionsNotesReferencesIndex

While we know a great deal about individual clergy members from a generation of study, we still know very little about their institutional constraints, the context in which they act, until now. The authors expertly navigate the complex environment of the Catholic Church across nations (for the first time) with creative data collection. This book, therefore, represents a phase change in the study of clergy; it is a true agenda setting work.

Brian R. Calfano (Ph.D., University of North Texas) is assistant professor of political science and journalism at the University of Cincinnati and is the academic advisor for the EmbRACELA study conducted by the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission. Calfano is the author of God Talk: Experimenting with the Religious Cause of Public Opinion (with Paul Djupe). His work has appeared in Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior, Political Communication, PS: Political Science and Politics, and State Politics and Policy Quarterly, among other outlets.Melissa R. Michelson (Ph.D., Yale University) is professor of political science at Menlo College. She is author of Listen, We Need to Talk: How to Change Attitudes about LGBT Rights (with Brian F. Harrison), Living the Dream: New Immigration Policies and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth (with Maria Chávez and Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti), and Mobilizing Inclusion: Transforming the Electorate through Get-Out-the-Vote Campaigns (with Lisa García Bedolla). Michelson's work has appeared in American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, and many other outlets.Elizabeth A. Oldmixon (Ph.D., University of Florida) is associate professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas, and a fellow at the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies Summer Institute, Brandeis University. Oldmixon's research focuses on clergy politics and religion and legislative policy-making. She is author of Uncompromising Positions: God, Sex, and the U.S. House of Representatives, and her work has appeared in Politics and Religion, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, and Journal of Church and State. She is editor-in-chief of Politics and Religion.

• PrefaceChapter 1: Catholicism and PoliticsChapter 2: Priests as Political Entrepreneurs of Varying DesireChapter 3: Reflecting on Ministry and PoliticsChapter 4: The Dynamics of Priest Cue RelianceChapter 5: Cognitive Frames, Group Cues, and Priest Political ResponsesChapter 6: Priest Discretion in the FieldChapter 7: ConclusionsNotesReferencesIndex

While we know a great deal about individual clergy members from a generation of study, we still know very little about their institutional constraints, the context in which they act, until now. The authors expertly navigate the complex environment of the Catholic Church across nations (for the first time) with creative data collection. This book, therefore, represents a phase change in the study of clergy; it is a true agenda setting work.