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WE HAVE INVESTIGATED THE EXTENT TO WHICH "BORN-AGAIN" CHRISTIANS CONSTITUTE A DISTINCT POLITICAL SUBGROUP. OUR SPECIFIC RESEARCH CONCERNS ARE ESSENTIALLY TWOFOLD. FIRST, WE HAVE EXAMINED THE ATTITUDES OF BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS COMPARED TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT BORNAGAIN TOWARD CLERICAL INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY. SECOND, ORIENTATIONS TOWARD FOUR SALIENT ISSUES HAVE BEEN EXAMINED: THE PROPOSED EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, A BALANCED FEDERAL BUDGET, INCREASED MILITARY SPENDING, AND THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN ABORTION. IN GENERAL, THE FINDINGS REVEAL THAT BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS DO CONSTITUTE A DISTINCT POLITICAL SUBGROUP. THEY ARE INCLINED TO SUPPORT RELIGIOUS LEADERS TAKING A PUBLIC STAND ON POLITICAL ISSUES, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE CLEAR LIMITS ON WHAT THEY PERCEIVE AS LEGITIMATE INVOLVEMENT. POLITICAL CONSERVATISM OF BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS IS REVEALED BY THE FACT THAT THEY CONSISTENTLY TAKE A MORE CONSERVATIVE POSITION ON CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ISSUES COMPARED TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT BORN-AGAIN.