Religion and the Occupy Wall Street movement
The Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011 and its corollaries, Occupy Sandy and Occupy Debt, have been largely understood as secular movements. In spite of this, religious actors not only participated, but in some cases played an integral role within the movement, lending material support, organizing...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2015]
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Critical research on religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 127-147 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Occupy movement
/ Secularism
/ Religion
/ Post-secularism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy ZB Sociology ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Occupy Wall Street
B public religions B postsecular society B Social Movements |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | The Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011 and its corollaries, Occupy Sandy and Occupy Debt, have been largely understood as secular movements. In spite of this, religious actors not only participated, but in some cases played an integral role within the movement, lending material support, organizing expertise, and public statements of support. We rely on interviews with faith leaders (N?=?13) in New York and Oakland, and engage in an analysis of print and online media to explore the role of religious actors and groups in Occupy Wall Street. Religious participants were often long-time veterans of progressive political struggles and drew inspiration from their faith traditions. Nonetheless, religious commitments were secondary to political objectives shared by themselves and their secular counterparts. Religious leaders believed they offered symbolic authority to the movement and highlighted this in their engagement in the hope of giving it greater moral weight. Current discussions on postsecularism and public religions are considered. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303215593151 |