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276 - Special Session. What Social Movements Theories Can Tell Us about Nonreligion (co-sponsored with Association for the Sociology of Religion)
Sun, August 21, 2:30 to 4:10pm, TBASession Submission Type: Invited Session
Description
There is growing scholarly interest in organized secularism and nonreligion in the US. In this session, scholars bring varied perspectives on social movements and organized secularism examine whether organized secularism in the US is a social movement and how well social movement theories help explain the origins, growth, and success of the movement.
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What's With the Hesitancy? A Theoretical Synthesis Approach to Understanding Non-religion as a Social Movement - Lori Fazzino, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Arenas of Authority and Movement Mobilization Among the Nonreligious - Joseph Blankholm, Department of Religious Studies
The Cultural Context of Collective Action: Non-religion in a Religious Political Culture - Rhys H. Williams, Loyola University Chicago
Nonreligion as Identity and Movement: Promises and Pitfalls - Penny Edgell, University of Minnesota