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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
[2015]
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Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 42-60 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ Activism
/ Ecological movement
/ Religious practice
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam |
Further subjects: | B
ENVIRONMENTAL activism
B Activism B Environmentalism B Islam B United States Social conditions B Religion B Freedom Of Religion B Social Movement Theory B Social aspects B Liberty B Liberation |
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