Non-religious Political Activism: Patterns of Conflict and Mobilisation in the United States and Britain

The category of the 'non-religious' has been subject to increasing academic attention in recent years, but questions about the political mobilisation of non-religious actors remain substantially under-researched. This article addresses this issue through a comparative analysis of non-relig...

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Main Author: Kettell, Steven (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2015, Volume: 8, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 365-391
Further subjects:B Non-religion politics conflict social movement theory United States Britain
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Summary:The category of the 'non-religious' has been subject to increasing academic attention in recent years, but questions about the political mobilisation of non-religious actors remain substantially under-researched. This article addresses this issue through a comparative analysis of non-religion in the United States and Britain. Drawing on theoretical insights from Social Movement Theory, it argues that political mobilisation is shaped by varying patterns of conflict between religious and non-religious actors, as well as within and between non-religious groups themselves.
ISSN:1874-8929
Contains:In: Journal of religion in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748929-00804007