Is There a Paradox of Liberation and Religion? Muslim Environmentalists, Activism, and Religious Practice

Social movement theorists have often posited that religion and political activism are inherently opposed--that religion cannot liberate people from situations of social or political discontent in the same manner as activism. Through a study of Muslim environmental activists in the United Kingdom and...

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主要作者: Hancock-Child, Rosemary (Author)
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語言:English
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出版: Equinox Publ. [2015]
In: Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2015, 卷: 28, 發布: 1, Pages: 42-60
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 伊斯蘭教 / 行動主義 / 生態運動 / 宗教實踐
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
Further subjects:B ENVIRONMENTAL activism
B Activism
B Environmentalism
B United States Social conditions
B 宗教
B Freedom Of Religion
B Social Movement Theory
B Social aspects
B Liberty
B 伊斯蘭教
B Liberation
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總結:Social movement theorists have often posited that religion and political activism are inherently opposed--that religion cannot liberate people from situations of social or political discontent in the same manner as activism. Through a study of Muslim environmental activists in the United Kingdom and United States of America, this article directly challenges this belief--not only by charting the theoretical problems of this belief within the social movement theory corpus, but also by demonstrating that Muslim environmentalists in the US and UK are both religious and politically active simultaneously. Environmental activism is drawn into Islamic practice in such a way that activism becomes religious practice in the lives of these Muslim activists.
ISSN:2047-7058
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the academic study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/jasr.v28i1.26273