“The Cult of Greta Thunberg”: De-legitimating Climate Activism with “Religion”

Contemporary climate activism has often been called a “religion” or a “cult.” We investigate what is done with climate religion discourse (CRD), by whom, and to what ends. Our case study concerns Finland, one country out of many where forms of climate activism are regularly dismissed by equating the...

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Authors: Kyyrö, Jere (Author) ; Äystö, Tuomas (Author) ; Hjelm, Titus 1974- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sage 2023
In: Critical research on religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 133-149
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Finland / Climate protection / Activism / Religion / Othering
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AZ New religious movements
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
Further subjects:B Environmentalism
B Climate Change
B Finland
B Religion
B Politics
B Gender
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