Overview

Solidarity in Poland, anti-apartheid in South Africa, Operation Rescue in the United States--each of these movements is driven by the energy and sustained by the commitment of many individuals and organizations whose ideologies are shaped and powered by religious faith. In many cases, religious resources and motives serve as crucial variables explaining the emergence of entire social movements. Christian Smith, Aldon Morris, M.M. Salehi, Maryjane Osa, June Nash, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Tristan Anne Borer, David Sikkink, Mark Regnerus, Rhys H. Williams, Jeffrey Blackburn, James Aho and Ron

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"""This is an excellent book that deserves to be widely read ... [It] is highly readable and would be of interest to a much wider audience than academic scholars ... This book could serve very well as a supplementary text in sociology of religion courses."" -- Journal of Church andState"

This is an excellent book that deserves to be widely read ... [It] is highly readable and would be of interest to a much wider audience than academic scholars ... This book could serve very well as a supplementary text in sociology of religion courses. -- Journal of Church and State

This is an excellent book that deserves to be widely read ... [It] is highly readable and would be of interest to a much wider audience than academic scholars ... This book could serve very well as a supplementary text in sociology of religion courses. -- Journal of Church andState

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