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Religion and politics have always mixed in the United States. Today, religion-based advocacy groups are more active than ever before. In Interfaith Advocacy , Katherine Knutson tells the in-depth story of one religious advocacy groupthe Joint Religious Legislative Coalition (JRLC)that is active in Minnesota state politics. Using a variety of qualitative research methods, Dr. Knutson reaches a number of important conclusions about the mobilization and survival of religion-based interest groups, the role of interest groups in the policy process, the nature of coalitional politics, and the important role of religion-based groups in representing the views of underrepresented citizens. More than a mere case study, this book is an important contribution to the study of interest group representation in the United States.

Anthony J. Nownes, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Drawing extensively on interviews and primary source material over several decades, Knutson tells a rich, contextual story of interfaith activism in state politics. While keeping the story engaging and accessible, she draws smartly on both political science theory and the literature on interest group activity. This makes Interfaith Advocacy a very worthwhile read for students and scholars alike.

J. Matthew Wilson, Southern Methodist University

Interfaith Advocacy

Using the historic Minnesota state government shutdown of 2011 as a backdrop, Interfaith Advocacy describes the work of the Joint Religious Legislative Coalition (JRLC), an interfaith advocacy group that brings together leaders from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim traditions to advocate on behalf of a range of policies. As the nations first statewide interfaith lobbying group, the story of the JRLC facilitates an examination of the role of political advocacy groups in state-level American politics: what they are, how and why they form, how they mobilize citizens to participate in the political process, how they work to influence government, and what their impact is on American democracy.

With research based on two years of in-depth interviews, participant observation, and analysis of archival records, this volume offers proof that it is possible to build successful long-term political coalitions among improbable allies. The book investigates both the strengths and weaknesses of this model of advocacy and concludes that the presence of religious advocacy groups in the political process offers substantial benefits of representation, concern for underrepresented issues and groups, and the development of networks of social capital.

Interfaith Advocacy is grounded in the theoretical literature of political science but is also accessible to all readers who have an interest in political advocacy, state politics, or religion and politics.

Katherine E. Knutson is Associate Professor of Political Science at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota. Her research and teaching interests are in the field of American politics, and she specializes in religion and politics and public policy. Knutsons research appears in several edited books and academic journals, including Politics and Religion , PS: Political Science and Politics , and the Journal of Communication and Religion .

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7 Interfaith Advocacy

The Role of Religious Coalitions in the Political Process

Katherine E. Knutson

Interfaith Advocacy

The Role of Religious Coalitions in the Political Process

Katherine E. Knutson

First published 2013

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Knutson, Katherine E.
Interfaith advocacy: the role of religious coalitions in the political process / Katherine E. Knutson. 1 [edition].
pages cm (Routledge research in American politics and governance; 7)
Includes index.
1. Joint Religious Legislative Coalition. 2. Religion and politics Minnesota. 3. Religion and stateMinnesota. 4. Minnesota Religion. 5. ReligionsRelations. I. Title.
BL2527.M56K58 2013
322'.109776dc23
2012051237

ISBN: 978-0-415-83300-4 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-203-50554-0 (ebk)

Typeset in Sabon
by Apex CoVantage, LLC

Dedicated to Brian and Maya

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• AMC-MC American Muslim Council-Minnesota Chapter
• CAGE Citizens against Gambling Expansion
• Conference Minnesota Catholic Conference
• Council Minnesota Council of Churches
• DFL Democratic Farmer-Labor Party
• EAT Ecumenical Action Team
• GAMC General Assistance Medical Care
• ICM Islamic Center of Minnesota
• JCLC Joint Church Legislative Committee (first name of the JRLC)
• JCRC Jewish Community Relations Council
• JRLC Joint Religious Legislative Coalition
• MFC Minnesota Family Council
• MFIP Minnesota Family Investment Program
• MRA Minnesota Rabbinical Association
• OSJ Office of Social Justice (Catholic)
• PAC Political Action Committee
• UAC Urban Affairs Commission (Catholic) (renamed the Office of Social Justice)

A priest, a rabbi, a pastor, and an imam meet to discuss politics. This might sound like the set up of a politically incorrect joke, but it is exactly what happens on a regular basis in the state of Minnesota, and though it might be hard to envision, it is no joke. Minnesotas Joint Religious Legislative Coalition (JRLC) is an interfaith advocacy coalition active in a wide range of state policy debates, including welfare reform, gambling, health care, gay rights, and economic justice. Governed by representatives from the Minnesota Catholic Conference, the Minnesota Council of Churches, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, and the Islamic Center of Minnesota, the JRLC is an unlikely but influential coalition in the policy process.

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