In characterizing this trend, it seems as though you are assuming that membership in these various communities is mutually exclusive. However, this doesn’t have to be the case. For example, a person may be both a Catholic and a leftist. Thus, a good follow-up question might be: To what extent does leftist politics and Catholicism have an impact on a person’s evaluation of risk. For example, one could compare Pope Benedict with Pope Francis, who are both Catholic, with each other and potentially conclude that income inequality/exploitation influences Francis’ conceptualization of risk to society to a greater degree than abortion or sexual immorality.
In characterizing this trend, it seems as though you are assuming that membership in these various communities is mutually exclusive. However, this doesn’t have to be the case. For example, a person may be both a Catholic and a leftist. Thus, a good follow-up question might be: To what extent does leftist politics and Catholicism have an impact on a person’s evaluation of risk. For example, one could compare Pope Benedict with Pope Francis, who are both Catholic, with each other and potentially conclude that income inequality/exploitation influences Francis’ conceptualization of risk to society to a greater degree than abortion or sexual immorality.