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Format: xiv, 242 Seiten : , Diagramme.

ISBN: 978-0-520-29364-9 , 978-0-520-29365-6

Content: "In the wake of the Great Recession, Americans across the political divide flocked to local citizens organizations, where they worked to refocus political attention on the needs of ordinary people like them. This book chronicles the efforts of two such groups...a progressive faith-based community organizing coalition and a conservative Tea Party group. At first glance, these groups could not seem more different: in addition to significant demographic differences between them, their members also lined up on opposite sides of nearly every national policy debate during this period. But these differences do not tell the whole story of these groups. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with both groups, this book reveals surprising similarities between their efforts that are typically not acknowledged, while also tracing more subtle differences between them that typically go unrecognized. It shows that in the face of rising anxiety and frustration, members of both groups chose to wake up, stand up, and speak up. They dedicated themselves to becoming active citizens, capable of inserting their voices, values, and knowledge into public debates about issues that impacted them. In so doing, they came to understand themselves as prophets and patriots, respectively, carrying forward the promise of American democracy. Yet when the groups set out to actually enact this vision - by holding government accountable and putting their faith in action - their styles of active citizenship diverged, reflecting different ways of imagining how American democracy ought to work and the proper role of active citizens within it."...Provided by publisher

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Braunstein, Ruth, 1981- author Prophets and patriots Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] ISBN 9780520966888

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science , Ethnology

Keywords: Politische Gruppe ; Tea-Party-Bewegung ; Politische Beteiligung

URL: http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029750230&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: 1 online resource (187 pages).

ISBN: 1-78973-951-9 , 1-78973-949-7

Series Statement: Political power and social theory, volume 36

Content: This volume asks how religious convictions inform citizens' engagement in American democratic life, particularly across deep political divides. Strong religious convictions motivate citizens across the political spectrum to engage in public life, yet are also viewed as a driver of political polarization by encouraging too much arrogance and not enough humility.Featuring contributions from leading experts on religion and democratic life in the United States, this volume combines theoretical reflections on this tension with empirical investigations into how a range of religious actors balance conviction with humility in their public interactions with social and political others. Taken together, these contributions reveal that strong religious conviction can encourage political arrogance, but also humility; can lead to deepening political polarization that threatens democracy, but also commitment to movements for equality and justice that advance democracy; can encourage the building of walls, but also of bridges. Contributors also identify the factors and conditions driving each outcome, pointing to the roles of power, context, culture, institutions, and history in how different religious groups engage in political life.The lessons this volume offers will be relevant to anyone interested in the complex relationship between religion and American democratic life; yet they also matter beyond religious groups. After all, religion is only one possible source of strong convictions that drive public engagement. As such, the volume also offers more general insight into how conviction shapes citizens' capacity and willingness to engage with others across deep divides.

Note: Includes index. , Prelims -- Beyond the dogmatic believer: religious conviction across the American political divide -- Religion as source, resource, evaluation, and hindrance: intellectual humility and the relationship between religion and politics -- Reflexive evangelicalism -- Intellectual humility and recognition of the other: evangelical public discourse with muslims -- Humility: rooted in relationship, reaching for justice -- Passion and virtue in public life: focal practices and the political holiness the world needs -- Ontic webs: a new framework for public sociology -- Index.

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-78973-950-0

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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Format: 1 online resource (282 pages)

ISBN: 9781479834457 (e-book)

Additional Edition: Print version: Religion and progressive activism : new stories about faith and politics. New York, [New York] : New York University Press, c2017 ISBN 9781479854769

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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Format: viii, 387 Seiten : , Diagramme, Karte.

ISBN: 978-1-4798-5476-9 , 978-1-4798-5290-1

Series Statement: Religion and social transformation

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe

Language: English

Subjects: Theology

Keywords: Religion ; Fortschritt ; Aktivismus ; Aufsatzsammlung

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: xi, 174 Seiten

Edition: First edition

ISBN: 9781789739503

Series Statement: Political power and social theory volume 36

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781789739497

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781789739510

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Religion, humility, and democracy in a divided America Bingley : Emerald Publishing, 2019 ISBN 9781789739497

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781789739510

Language: English

Keywords: USA ; Religiöse Gruppe ; Religiöse Überzeugung ; Gesellschaft ; Politik ; Spaltung ; Einheit ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Format: 1 online resource (282 pages)

ISBN: 1-4798-3445-9

Series Statement: Religion and Social Transformation ; 6

Content: 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 important way in which religion and politics intersect is being overlooked. Religion and Progressive Activism focuses on this significant intersection, revealing that progressive religious activists are a driving force in American public life, involved in almost every political issue or area of public concern. This volume brings together leading experts who dissect and analyze the inner worlds and public strategies of progressive religious activists from the local to the transnational level. It provides insight into documented trends, reviews overlooked case studies, and assesses the varied ways in which progressive religion forces us to deconstruct common political binaries such as right/left and progress/tradition. In a coherent and accessible way, this book engages and rethinks long accepted theories of religion, of social movements, and of the role of faith in democratic politics and civic life. Moreover, by challenging common perceptions of religiously motivated activism, it offers a more grounded and nuanced understanding of religion and the American political landscape.

Note: Previously issued in print: 2017. , Front matter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , 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. -- , 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 -- , 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 -- , 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 , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-4798-5476-X

Language: English

DOI: 10.18574/9781479834457

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Format: xi, 174 Seiten : , Diagramme ; , 23 cm.

Edition: First edition

ISBN: 978-1-78973-950-3

Series Statement: Political power and social theory volume 36

Note: Literaturangaben

In: Political power and social theory, no:36

In: yr:2019

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB ISBN 978-1-78973-951-0

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-78973-949-7

Language: English

Keywords: Religiöse Gruppe ; Religiöse Überzeugung ; Gesellschaft ; Politik ; Spaltung ; Einheit ; Demokratie ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781479834457

Series Statement: Religion and Social Transformation ; 6

Content: 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 important way in which religion and politics intersect is being overlooked. Religion and Progressive Activism focuses on this significant intersection, revealing that progressive religious activists are a driving force in American public life, involved in almost every political issue or area of public concern. This volume brings together leading experts who dissect and analyze the inner worlds and public strategies of progressive religious activists from the local to the transnational level. It provides insight into documented trends, reviews overlooked case studies, and assesses the varied ways in which progressive religion forces us to deconstruct common political binaries such as right/left and progress/tradition. In a coherent and accessible way, this book engages and rethinks long accepted theories of religion, of social movements, and of the role of faith in democratic politics and civic life. Moreover, by challenging common perceptions of religiously motivated activism, it offers a more grounded and nuanced understanding of religion and the American political landscape.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , 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. -- , 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 -- , 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 -- , 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 , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.18574/9781479834457

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479834457

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479834457

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Format: 1 online resource (257 pages) : , illustrations

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 0-520-96688-0

Content: Prophets and Patriots takes readers inside two of the most active populist movements of the Obama era and highlights cultural convergences and contradictions at the heart of American political life. In the wake of the Great Recession and amid rising discontent with government responsiveness to ordinary citizens, the book follows participants in two very different groups-a progressive faith-based community organization and a conservative Tea Party group-as they set out to become active and informed citizens, put their faith into action, and hold government accountable. Both groups viewed themselves as the latest in a long line of prophetic voices and patriotic heroes who were carrying forward the promise of the American democratic project. Yet the ways in which each group put this common vision into practice reflected very different understandings of American democracy and citizenship.

Note: Previously issued in print: 2017. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , List of Figures and Table -- , Acknowledgments -- , 1. Introduction -- , 2. Becoming Active Citizens -- , 3. Narratives of Active Citizenship -- , 4. Putting Faith into Action -- , 5. Holding Government Accountable -- , 6. Styles of Active Citizenship -- , 7. Conclusion -- , Appendix: Methodological Notes -- , Notes -- , References -- , Index , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-520-29365-7

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-520-29364-9

Language: English

DOI: 10.1525/9780520966888

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Format: 1 online resource : , illustrations (black and white)

ISBN: 9780520966888 (ebook) :

Content: In the wake of the Great Recession, Americans across the political divide flocked to local citizens organizations, where they worked to refocus political attention on the needs of ordinary people like them. This text chronicles the efforts of two such groups-a progressive faith-based community organizing coalition and a conservative Tea Party group.

Note: Previously issued in print: 2017.

Additional Edition: Print version : ISBN 9780520293649

Language: English

URL: California scholarship online