| Description |
xi, 236 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Correcting a curious neglect, or bringing religion back in / Christian Smith -- The black church in the civil rights movement : the SCLC as the decentralized, radical arm of the black church / Aldon Morris -- Radical islamic insurgency in the Iranian revolution of 1978-1979 / M.M. Salehi -- Pastoral mobilization and contention : the religious foundations of the solidarity movement in Poland / Maryjane Osa -- Religious rituals of resistance and class consciousness in Bolivian Tin-Mining communities / June Nash -- Popular religion, protest, and revolt : the emergence of political insurgency in the Nicaraguan and Salvadoran churches of the 1960's-80s / Sharon Erickson Nepstad -- Church leadership, state repression, and the "spiral of involvement" in the South African anti-apartheid movement, 1983-1990 / Tristan Anne Borer -- For God and the fatherland : protestant symbolic worlds and the rise of German national socialism / David Sikkink, Mark Regnerus -- Many are called but few obey : ideological commitment and activism in operation rescue / Rhys H. Williams, Jeffrey Blackburn -- Popular Christianity and political extremism in the United States / James Aho -- A comparison of the political behavior of faith-based and secular peace groups / Ron Pagnucco |
| Subject |
Social movements -- Religious aspects.
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Religion and social problems.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Christian, 1960-
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| ISBN |
0415914043 |
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0415914051 |
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