Moving money to support social justice movements

A spiritual practice

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7158641
AutoresLaura J Wernick (0000-0001-6785-4658, Graduate School of Social Service Fordham University New York New York USA, autor de correspondencia), Danielle R Jimenez (0000-0002-7884-6992, Graduate School of Social Service Fordham University New York New York USA), Mica Nimkarn (Sexuality, Women's & Gender Studies Amherst College Amherst Massachusetts USA), Sarah Abbott (0000-0003-0170-5822, Resource Generation New York New York USA), Ashley Green (0009-0009-0158-9383, School of Public Health University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan USA), John H Vaughn (Ebenezer Babtist Church Atlanta Georgia USA), Blythe L Robbins (Graduate School of Social Service Fordham University New York New York USA), B Robbins (Fordham University), Derek Tice‐brown (0000-0002-7192-7431, Graduate School of Social Service Fordham University New York New York USA)
Año2025
Volumen53
Número2
Páginase23157-e23157
Fecha de publicación2025-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.23157
PMID39462303
OpenAlexW4403798834
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas43

Wealth inequality is rising, and millennials will be the future recipients of the largest intergenerational wealth transfer. Meanwhile, there is a need to move more money to support transformative social justice movements. This study examines the impact of spirituality as a motivator for the social justice movement giving among progressive young adult activists with wealth and class privilege, organizing toward the equitable redistribution of wealth, land, and power. Using survey data ( n = 560), regressions and mediation models suggest that spiritual motivation was a significant positive predictor of how much participants monetarily gave to social justice movements. While religion did not significantly predict movement giving, indirect effects models showed that spirituality positively mediated the effect of being raised with any religion on movement giving compared to those indicating no religion. Implications are explored for how transformative organizing models draw upon secular spiritual practices in their pursuit of individual and collective change

Criminology · Economic Justice · Inequality · Mediation · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Privilege (computing) · Redistribution (election) · Social justice · Social movement · Social science · Sociology · Spirituality · Transformative learning · Law · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support