ABSTRACT
The analysis of the pattern of the political participation of the Protestant ministers leads logically to the last and most important question of the present study: What produces such a pattern? Why are some ministers high on some, or even all, of the ladders of participation whilst others seem anchored firmly at the bottom? What is it that facilitates, or enables, participation? Or, more specifically, what are the factors that significantly influence the extent to which the ministers participate in political activities and the ways in which they do so? These are questions that are always asked by scholars of political participation (for example, Verba & Nie, 1972; Hailey, 1988; Quinley, 1974; Parry, et.al., 1992; Shi, 1992).
