- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
-
Introduction Religion and Progressive Activism—Introducing and Mapping the Field -
Part I Patterns of Progressive Religious Mobilization and Engagement -
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. -
Part II Cultural Challenges of Progressive Religious Activism -
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 -
Part III The Roles of Religion in Progressive Political Action -
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 -
Part IV Distinctive Styles of Progressive Religious Talk in the Public Sphere -
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 What Progressive Efforts Tell Us about Faith and Politics - About the Contributors
- Index
Cultural Challenges for Mainline Protestant Political Progressives
Cultural Challenges for Mainline Protestant Political Progressives
- Chapter:
- (p.117) 5 Cultural Challenges for Mainline Protestant Political Progressives
- Source:
- Religion and Progressive Activism
- Author(s):
Paul Lichterman
Rhys H. Williams
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
Paul Lichterman and Rhys H. Williams’s chapter focuses on theologically liberal Mainline Protestants, who have historically been at the forefront of many progressive religious actions. First, the chapter outlines some of the distinctive cultural challenges Mainliners face when they try to bring a specifically religious voice to progressive political advocacy. It then shows how Mainline Protestant identity and communication style, as well as the larger reputation of vocal conservative Christianity in public, all create cultural gaps that politically progressive Protestants must confront and engage.
Keywords: Mainline Protestants, liberal, political advocacy, identity, communication, conservative Christianity, cultural challenges
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
-
Introduction Religion and Progressive Activism—Introducing and Mapping the Field -
Part I Patterns of Progressive Religious Mobilization and Engagement -
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. -
Part II Cultural Challenges of Progressive Religious Activism -
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 -
Part III The Roles of Religion in Progressive Political Action -
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 -
Part IV Distinctive Styles of Progressive Religious Talk in the Public Sphere -
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 What Progressive Efforts Tell Us about Faith and Politics - About the Contributors
- Index
