RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Religion and the Political Engagement of Latino Immigrants: Bridging Capital or Segmented Religious Assimilation? JF RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences FD Russell Sage Foundation SP 125 OP 146 DO 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.3.07 VO 2 IS 3 A1 David L. Leal A1 Jerod Patterson A1 Joe R. Tafoya YR 2016 UL http://www.rsfjournal.org/content/2/3/125.abstract AB This paper uses the Latino Immigrant National Election Study (LINES) to better understand the relationship between religion and immigrant political and civic engagement. Over the last half century, both American religion and the immigration landscape have changed in important ways. The LINES, which includes a number of religious questions from the American National Election Study and a rare focus on Latino newcomers, provides the opportunity to better understand the contemporary relationship between the two. We find that measures of religious belongings, beliefs, and behaviors (the Three Bs) are not generally associated with the civic and political engagements of Latino immigrants. We posit that such null results may be explained by the varying religious experiences of immigrants—some developing bridging social capital through religious institutions, but others experiencing what might be called segmented religious assimilation.