LEADER 03802nam 22006135 450 001 9910781478703321 005 20230126202604.0 010 $a0-8147-0870-6 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814708705 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040835 035 $a(EBL)865338 035 $a(OCoLC)746337069 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000525092 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11364066 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525092 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10488238 035 $a(PQKB)11306618 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001325897 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865338 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10928 035 $a(DE-B1597)547200 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814708705 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040835 100 $a20200723h20112011 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aProphetic Activism $eProgressive Religious Justice Movements in Contemporary America /$fHelene Slessarev-Jamir 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2011] 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 225 0 $aReligion and Social Transformation ;$v2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8147-8385-6 311 0 $a0-8147-4123-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tAcronyms/Abbreviations --$t1. An Introduction to Prophetic Activism --$t2. Identifying the Qualities of Prophetic Activism --$t3. Organizing in Borderlands Communities --$t4. Religious Organizing for Worker Justice --$t5. Immigrant Rights Activism --$t6. Peacemaking --$t7. Global Justice Organizing --$t8. Conclusions --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aWhile the links between conservative Christians and politics have been drawn strongly in recent years, coming to embody what many think of as religious activism, the profoundly religious nature of community organizing and other more left-leaning justice work has been largely overlooked. Prophetic Activism is the first broad comparative examination of progressive religious activism in the United States. Set up as a counter-narrative to religious conservatism, the book offers readers a deeper understanding of the richness and diversity of contemporary religious activism. Helene Slessarev-Jamir offers five case studies of major progressive religious justice movements that have their roots in liberative interpretations of Scripture: congregational community organizing; worker justice; immigrant rights work; peace-making and reconciliation; and global anti-poverty and debt relief. Drawing on intensive interviews with activists at all levels of this work?from pastors and congregational leaders to local organizers and the executive directors of the national networks?she uncovers the ways in which they construct an ethical framework for their work. In addition to looking at predominantly Christian organizations, the book also highlights the growth of progressive activism among Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists who are engaged in reinterpreting their religious texts to support new forms of activism. Religion and Social Transformation series 410 0$aReligion and social transformation. 606 $aSocial justice$zUnited States 606 $aSocial justice$xReligious aspects 607 $aUnited States$xReligion$y1960- 615 0$aSocial justice 615 0$aSocial justice$xReligious aspects. 676 $a201.70973 700 $aSlessarev-Jamir$b Helene$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01567427 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781478703321 996 $aProphetic Activism$93838846 997 $aUNINA