Religion and Progressive Activism : New Stories about Faith and Politics.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (396 pages)
- Religion and Social Transformation Series ; v.6 .
- Religion and Social Transformation Series .
Cover -- RELIGION AND PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISM -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Religion and Progressive Activism-Introducing and Mapping the Field -- PART I. PATTERNS OF PROGRESSIVE RELIGIOUS MOBILIZATION AND ENGAGEMENT -- 1. Achieving and Leveraging Diversity through Faith-Based Organizing -- 2. Progressive Religious Activists and Democratic Party Politics -- 3. Why Congregations Mobilize for Progressive Causes -- 4. Collective Identity and Movement Solidarity among Religious Left Activists in the U.S. -- PART II. CULTURAL CHALLENGES OF PROGRESSIVE RELIGIOUS ACTIVISM -- 5. Cultural Challenges for Mainline Protestant Political Progressives -- 6. Activist Etiquette in the Multicultural Immigrant Rights Movement -- 7. Challenges and Opportunities of Community Organizing in Suburban Congregations -- PART III. THE ROLES OF RELIGION IN PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL ACTION -- 8. Religious Roots of New Left Radicalism -- 9. Religious Culture and Immigrant Civic Participation -- 10. Progressive Activism among Buddhists, Hindus, and Muslims in the U.S. -- 11. Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Repression in the U.S. and Swedish Plowshares Movements -- PART IV. DISTINCTIVE STYLES OF PROGRESSIVE RELIGIOUS TALK IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE -- 12. Reviving the Civil Religious Tradition -- 13. Strategic Storytelling by Nuns on the Bus -- 14. "Neutral" Talk in Educating for Activism -- 15. How Moral Talk Connects Faith and Social Justice -- Conclusion: What Progressive Efforts Tell Us about Faith and Politics -- About the Contributors -- Index.
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