Religious Values Framing Affects Evangelicals’ Attitudes on Homelessness

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Brief Overview

Can the words of Jesus shift white evangelicals’ attitudes on homelessness? A survey experiment finds a religious values message made evangelicals more favorable toward homeless people and more opposed to removing encampments.

Authors

• Stephanie L. DeMora, Stony Brook University

• Jennifer L. Merolla, University of California, Riverside

• Brian Newman, Pepperdine University

• Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University