018 - Thematic Session. Progressive Religious and Social Activism: New Stories of Faith and Politics in America (co-sponsored with the Association for the Sociology of Religion)

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Abstract

Much attention has been devoted to conservative religion in America. However, at a variety of levels (from community to national), using a variety of organizational forms, and involved with a variety of issues, people with “progressive” religious and political commitments have been working steadily to change society toward more equitable and social justice outcomes. The papers in this session will present analyses of several different modes and movements of progressive religious activism.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Sessions

Session Organizer

• Rhys H. Williams, Loyola University-Chicago

Presider

• Rhys H. Williams, Loyola University-Chicago

Panelists

• Ruth Braunstein, University of Connecticut

• Mia Diaz-Edelman, Boston University

• Grace Yukich, Quinnipiac University

• Michael P. Young, University of Texas-Austin

Discussant

• Todd Nicholas Fuist, Loyola University-Chicago