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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Main Author: Hancock-Child, Rosemary (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. [2015]
In: 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
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
Online Access: Volltext (doi)