The Word Of God, For The People Of God: Examining The Impact Of The Bible On Personal Policy Preferences

For Christians, the Bible represents a unique document that contains holy messaging about how they should live their life. However, the connection between biblical messages and personal policy preferences is unclear. This research utilizes a unique survey-embedded experiment to discover how a liberal Bible message can impact personal policy preferences. Ultimately, I conclude that exposure to a liberal Bible message does not show more liberal differences in policy perspectives relative to a control passage amongst Christians. Similarly, I also conclude that Christians exposed to a liberal Bible message do not demonstrate statistically more liberal policy preferences relative to Christians exposed to a control passage across a spectrum of religiosity and political involvement.