DSA's Religion and Socialism Commission: A Social Movement Analysis
This article examines religious socialism as an American social movement. It focuses on the most recent iteration of this tradition, the Religion and Socialism Commission, formed in the 1970s as a subgroup of the Democratic Socialists of America. Drawing on concepts from social movement theory such...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2018]
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Critical research on religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 151-167 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Democratic Socialists of America, Religion and Socialism Commission
/ Religious socialism
/ Social movement
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CH Christianity and Society KBQ North America ZC Politics in general |
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United States
B critical theory of religion B Socialism B Religion B Politics B religious left B Religion And Politics |
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| Summary: | This article examines religious socialism as an American social movement. It focuses on the most recent iteration of this tradition, the Religion and Socialism Commission, formed in the 1970s as a subgroup of the Democratic Socialists of America. Drawing on concepts from social movement theory such as frame alignment and political opportunity structure, it argues that the Religion and Socialism Commission ultimately failed in its attempt to transition from an organization into a social movement. It then considers various possibilities for the future of religious socialism in the United States, given new variables such as a changing political opportunity structure and the rise of social media. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303218774911 |