The Role of Religions in Activism

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ID20007601
AuthorsLaurel Kearns (Drew University, corresponding author)
Year2011
Publication date2011-08-18
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueOxford handbook of climate change and society (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199566600.003.0028
WikidataQ125935445
OpenAlexW2686325960
ISBN9780199566600
LanguageEN
Citations received10

Although scientists present facts, in relation to climate change, often depressing and alarming ones, it is religious traditions and leaders that can motivate people to change and can offer hope in the face of such facts. As this article illustrates, religious leaders and organizations can make a difference by mobilizing followers and framing the issue in moral terms; however, they can also stymie action on climate change through their vigorous rejection of the science or opposition to the implied economics. Focusing on the case of United States, this article states that one cannot examine political action/inaction on climate change without understanding the role of religious groups. This article explores the myriad ways that religious groups are taking the story told by the mounting scientific consensus on the reality of climate change, and grounding it in the moral and ethical imperative of their faith traditions

Action (physics) · Climate change · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Faith · Framing (construction) · Geography · Opposition (politics) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics

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