Research

1. Working Projects
   1. McDaniel, Eric L. The Prophetic and the Prosperous: The Social Gospel, Prosperity Gospel, and American Politics (working book manuscript)
   2. McDaniel, Eric L. God and Guns vs. Equality and the Ballot: The civil liberties and civil rights divide in American public opinion (working manuscript)
2. Articles
   • Perry, Samuel, Eric L. McDaniel, Allyson F. Shortle, and Joshua Grubbs. 2025. “White or Woke Christian Nationalists? How Race Moderates the Link Between Christian Nationalism and Progressive Identities.” Public Opinion Quarterly
   • Perry, Samuel and Eric L. McDaniel 2023. “Must Religious Nationalism Divide?: Race, Government-Supported Religion, and Views of Political Solidarity and Compromise.” Social Science Quarterly
   • Andrew, Lewis and Eric L. McDaniel. 2023. “Experimenting with Support for Religious Freedom.” PS: Political Science and Politics.
   • Liu, Amy H., Michael G. Findley, David Leal, Raul Madrid, Eric L. McDaniel, God’swill Osa, Tasha Philpot, Brooke Shannon, Zeynep Somer-Topcu, and Chris Wlezien. 2023. “Normalizing Diversity in Merit Review Forms.” PS: Political Science and Politics.
   • Philpot, Tasha S. and Eric L. McDaniel. 2020. “Black Religious Belief Systems and Political Participation.” National Review of Black Politics.
   • McDaniel, Eric L. 2018. “The Prophetic and the Prosperous: Religious Ideologies and the Maintenance of Group Consciousness.” Political Research Quarterly.
   • McDaniel, Eric and Kenneth Miller. 2018. “The Gospel of Health Reform: The Social Gospel and Attitudes towards Health Care Reform.” Politics and Religion.
   • McDaniel, Eric, Maraam A. Dwidar, and Hadill Calderon. 2018. “The Faith of Black Politics: The Relationship between Religious Belief Systems and Black Political Attitudes.” Journal of Black Studies.
   • McDaniel, Eric L. 2016. “What Kind of Christian Are You?: Religious Ideologies and Political Attitudes.”  Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
   • McDaniel, Eric, L., Irfan Nooruddin and Allyson Shortle. 2016. “Proud to be an American?: National Pride and the Boundaries of American Citizenship.” Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. 
   • McDaniel, Eric L., Irfan Nooruddin, and Allyson Shortle. 2011. “Divine Boundaries: Divine Boundaries: How Religion Shapes Citizens’ Attitudes Toward Immigrants” American Politics Research.
   • McDaniel, Eric L. and Christopher G. Ellison. 2008. “God’s Party? Race, Religion, and Partisanship over Time” Political Research Quarterly.
   • Shaw, Todd C. and Eric L. McDaniel. 2007. “‘Whosoever Will’:  Black Theology, Homosexuality, and the Black Political Church” National Political Science Review.
   • McClerking, Harwood K. and Eric L. McDaniel. 2005. “Belonging and Doing: Political Churches and Black Political Participation” Political Psychology.
   • McDaniel, Eric and Harwood McClerking. 2005. “Who Belongs? Understanding How Socioeconomic Stratification Shapes the Characteristics of Black Political Church Members,” National Political Science Review.
   • McDaniel, Eric L. 2003. “Black Clergy in the 2000 Election” Journal for Scientific Study of Religion.
3. Invited Articles
   • McDaniel, Eric L. 2026. “Poisoned Fruit from a Toxic Tree: Christian Nationalism as the Legacy of Slaveholding Christianity.” Currents in Theology and Mission.
   • McDaniel, Eric L. 2013. “The Black Church and Defining the Political.” Politics, Groups, and Identities.
4. Book Chapters
   • McDaniel, Eric L., Sarah Heise, Abraham Barranca. “Religion, White Masculinity Threat and Support for President Trump” in  Trump, White Evangelical Christians, and American Politics. Edited by Anand Sokhey and Paul Djupe. (2024).
   • Jones, Bryan and Eric McDaniel. “Bounded Rationality and the Politics of Race and Ethnicity.” in The Blackwell Handbook of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism (2015).
   • McDaniel, Eric L. “The Black Church in the 2004 Election” in A Matter of Faith? Religion in the 2004 Election. Edited by David E. Campbell (2007).
   • Djupe, Paul A., Eric L. McDaniel, and Jacob R. Neiheisel. 2007. “The Politics of the Religious Minorities Vote in the 2004 Elections.” in Religion and the Bush Presidency. Edited by Mark J. Rozell and Gleaves Whitney (2007).
   • McDaniel, Eric L. “African Methodist Episcopal Church” in Pulpit and Politics: Clergy in American Politics at the Advent of the Millennium. Edited by Corwin Smidt (2004).
   • McDaniel, Eric L. “Church of God in Christ” in Pulpit and Politics: Clergy in American Politics at the Advent of the Millennium. Edited by Corwin Smidt (2004).