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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 

A WORD FROM THE GUEST EDITOR 

TOPIC OF THIS ISSUE: CATHOLICS AND CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POLITICS

Thomas E. Drury
U.S. CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ VOTING GUIDELINES: FAITHFUL CITIZENSHIP AS A RESOURCE FOR POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT 

Lyman A. Kellstedt, Brian Newman
CATHOLICS AND IMMIGRATION: CHURCH LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES AND THE VIEWS OF A DIVERSE LAITY 

Maureen K. Day
POLARIZATION? IDENTIFYING WHAT DIVIDES AND UNITES AMERICAN CATHOLICS

Levi Allen
INHABITING THE MIDDLE GROUND: THE CASE OF BORN-AGAIN CATHOLICS 

Laura S. Antkowiak
ARE CATHOLICS UNIQUELY CROSS-PRESSURED? POLICY BELIEFS AND VOTING BEHAVIOR BY RELIGIOUS TRADITION IN RECENT U.S. ELECTIONS

Thomas V. Feingold, James L. Guth
CATHOLIC PARTISANSHIP IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: DEMOGRAPHIC AND CULTURAL CLEAVAGES 

Sean C. Thomas
A HOME FOR THE POLITICALLY HOMELESS? THE AMERICAN SOLIDARITY PARTY, CATHOLICS, AND THIRD PARTIES IN U.S. POLITICS 

ANALYSIS

Joshua Hochberg
CHURCH ATTENDANCE AND PROTEST PARTICIPATION IN THE UNITED STATES

Sayyad Sadri Alibabalu, Teymur Sarkhanov
IRAN’S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND RELIGIOUS SOFT POWER IN AFRICA

REVIEWS, CRITICAL VIEWS AND POLEMICS

Tarek Ladjal
“RELIGION IN REBELLIONS, REVOLUTIONS, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS”