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Most congregations avoid discussing politics, new study shows

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Summary
Nutrition label

87% Informative

Hartford Institute for Religion Research study shows most congregations are politically inactive.

Nearly half of congregations actively avoid discussing politics at their gatherings.

Study measured congregations’ level of political engagement by looking at seven categories of political activities.

Catholic and Orthodox parishes are more engaged than Protestant churches, report says.

VR Score

92

Informative language

95

Neutral language

43

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

80

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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