Religion and Progressive Activism : : New Stories About Faith and Politics / / ed. by Ruth Braunstein, Rhys H. Williams, Todd Nicholas Fuist.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Adler Jr, Gary J.,; Beyerlein, Kraig,; Braunstein, Ruth,; Diaz-Edelman, Mia,; Fuist, Todd Nicholas,; Fulton, Brad R.,; Gahr, Joshua Z.,; Geraty, Kristin,; Gorski, Philip S.,; Lichterman, Paul,; Martinez, Juan R.,; Nepstad, Sharon Erickson,; Olson, Laura R.,; Sager, Rebecca,; West, A. Joseph,; Williams, Rhys H.,; Wood, Richard L.,; Young, Michael P.,; Yukich, Grace,
• HerausgeberIn: Braunstein, Ruth,; Fuist, Todd Nicholas,; Williams, Rhys H.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Social Transformation ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

New stories about religiously motivated progressive activism challenge common understandings of the American political landscape.To many mainstream-media saturated Americans, the terms “progressive” and “religious” may not seem to go hand-in-hand. As religion is usually tied to conservatism, an impo...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 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
• About the Contributors
• Index