1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457453703321

Autore

Corrigall-Brown Catherine

Titolo

Patterns of protest [[electronic resource] ] : trajectories of participation in social movements / / Catherine Corrigall-Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8047-7819-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/40973

Soggetti

Political activists - United States

Political participation - United States

Social action - United States

Social movements - United States

Social reformers - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. A Model of Participation; 2. Getting In: Initial and Shifting Engagement; 3. Trajectories of Participation; 4. Social, Political, and Organizational Context of Participation; 5. The Ties That Bind? The Effect of Social Ties and Interaction; 6. We Are Not All Activists: The Development and Consequences of Identity; 7. Beyond the "Activist"; Appendix: Methodology; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Asked to name an activist, many people think of someone like Cesar Chavez or Rosa Parks-someone uniquely and passionately devoted to a cause. Yet, two-thirds of Americans report having belonged to a social movement, attended a protest, or engaged in some form of contentious political activity. Activism, in other words, is something that the vast majority of people engage in. This book examines these more common experiences to ask how and when people choose to engage with political causes. Corrigall-Brown reveals how individual characteristics and life experiences impact the pathwa



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787560303321

Titolo

Islam and peacebuilding : Gulen movement initiatives / / edited by John L. Esposito, Ihsan Yılmaz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Blue Dome Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-935295-92-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

297.27

Soggetti

Peace-building - Religious aspects - Islam

Globalization - Religious aspects - Islam

Social movements - Religious aspects - Islam

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 4: The Limits of Otherness in Fethullah Gülen's Dialogic Methodology for Interfaith Encounters / Irina Vainovski-MihaiChapter 5: Dialogue as a Source of Peaceful Coexistence / Karina Korostelina; Chapter 6: Gülen on Healing the Rift between Islam and the West / Richard Penaskovic; Part 3 Theology of Dialogue in Comparative Perspective; Chapter 7: Preachers of Dialogue: International Relations and Interfaith Theology / Turan Kayaoglu; Chapter 8: Fethullah Gülen's Theology of Peacebuilding / Zeki Sarıtoprak

Chapter 9: Islamic Prospects for Interreligious Dialogue: The Voice of Fethullah Gülen / Douglas PrattChapter 10: Tolerance in the Theology and Thought of A.J. Conyers and Fethullah Gülen / David B. Capes; Part 4 Peacebuilding in Global Action; Chapter 11: Phnom Penh's Fethullah Gülen School as an Alternative to Prevalent Forms of Education for Cambodia's Muslim Minority / Philipp Bruckmayr; Chapter 12: Investigating the Contribution of Fethullah Gülen through the Activities of a Gülen-inspired Religio-cultural Society Based in Ireland / Jonathan Lacey

Sommario/riassunto

The exploration of the contributions is made with regards to the title in hand by the thought and practice of the global movement associated with the Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gulen. The importance and



distinctiveness of teaching of Gulen and the practice of the movement is that it is rooted in a confident Turkish Islamic heritage while being fully engaged with modernity. It offers the possibility of a contextualised renewal of Islam for Muslims in the modern world while being fully rooted in the teachings of the Qu'ran and the Sunnah of the Prophet. It advocates the freedom of religion