Religion in Rebellions, Revolutions, and Social Movements Goldstein Warren S.
Religion in Rebellions, Revolutions, and Social Movements Goldstein Warren S. Religion in Rebellions, Revolutions, and Social Movements demonstrates that, while religion is often a social force that…
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Religion in Rebellions, Revolutions, and Social Movements Goldstein Warren S.
Religion in Rebellions, Revolutions, and Social Movements demonstrates that, while religion is often a social force that maintains, if not legitimates, the sociopolitical order, it is also a decisive factor in economic, social, and political conflict.The book explores how and under what conditions religion functions as a progressive and/or reactionary force that compels people to challenge or protect social orders. In addition to these case studies, the book also contains theoretical chapters that explore the relationship religious thought has with the politics of liberation and oppression. The authors focus on the role that religion has played in peasant, slave, and plebeian rebellions; revolutions, including the Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Iranian; and modern social movements.
It examines the institutional, organizational, ritualistic, discursive,