Holy Disobedience: Political Resistance in the London Catholic Worker Community

This article focuses on the way in which the Catholic Worker Movement has incorporated ecclesial practices into their political resistance work in ways that redefine the conventional boundaries of both the "religious" and the "political." Historically the movement emerged from th...

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Main Author: Blackman, Anna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2018]
In: Implicit religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 122-141
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B London / Catholic Worker Movement / Catholic social teaching / Church / Political participation / Anarchism
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CG Christianity and Politics
CH Christianity and Society
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Political Resistance
B Catholic Worker Movement
B Catholic Church
B Christianity
B Civil Disobedience
B Pacifism
B CATHOLIC Christian sociology
B Christian Anarchism
B Non-violent Direct Action
B Social Movements
B Catholics
B London Catholic Worker
B Theological Action Research
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Summary:This article focuses on the way in which the Catholic Worker Movement has incorporated ecclesial practices into their political resistance work in ways that redefine the conventional boundaries of both the "religious" and the "political." Historically the movement emerged from the Catholic social teaching tradition, and draws on Catholic religious ritual in its protest. However, it reinterprets the tradition through a Christian anarchist lens leading to a much more radical understanding of the Church's political role. Drawing on an ethnographic study of the London Catholic Worker community this essay explores how the movement's commitment to resistance work stems from deep theological and spiritual motivations, analysing how it uses these to form a distinct set of religious-political practices.
ISSN:1743-1697
Contains:Enthalten in: Implicit religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/imre.37201