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Claiming Society for God: Religious Movements and Social Welfare
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This paper won a gold medal in the Religion category at the 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards, but I was not aware of this while I was reading it. Nevertheless, the award came as no surprise to...Abstract:
This book won a gold medal in the Religion category at the 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards, but I was not aware of this while I was reading it. Nevertheless, the award came as no surprise to...read more
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Religion und Gesellschaft : Aktuelle Perspektiven
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TL;DR: In this article, aufmerksamkeitsgewinn, den das Thema Religion in der Offentlichkeit seit einigen Jahren erfahrt, kann auch die Religionssoziologie einen neuen Aufschwung verzeichnen.
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Networks and Religion: Ties that Bind, Loose, Build-up, and Tear Down
TL;DR: The surprising (at least to some) persistence of religion and social network analysis shows how ties that Bind and ties that Tear Down can lead to conflict and cohesion.
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Religion in the Arab Spring: Between Two Competing Narratives
Michael Hoffman,Amaney Jamal +1 more
TL;DR: This paper found that Qur'an reading, not mosque attendance, is associated with a considerable increase in the likelihood of participating in protest against authoritarian regimes during the Arab Spring, and evidence suggests that motivation mechanisms rather than political resources are the reason behind this result.
Angry Abolitionists & The Rhetoric of Slavery: Minding the Moral Emotions in Social Movements
TL;DR: In this article, a new synthetic theory of status as a moral-emotional resource, dependent upon cultural imaginaries and negotiated through rhetorical implicatures, is proposed to explore the affective dynamics of protest rhetoric through which social movements move.
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Is There an Islamist Political Advantage
TL;DR: It is argued that-to the extent that Islamists have a political advantage-the primary source of this advantage is reputation rather than the provision of social services, organizational capacity, or ideological hegemony.
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Religion und Gesellschaft : Aktuelle Perspektiven
Matthias Koenig,Christof Wolf +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, aufmerksamkeitsgewinn, den das Thema Religion in der Offentlichkeit seit einigen Jahren erfahrt, kann auch die Religionssoziologie einen neuen Aufschwung verzeichnen.
Book
Networks and Religion: Ties that Bind, Loose, Build-up, and Tear Down
TL;DR: The surprising (at least to some) persistence of religion and social network analysis shows how ties that Bind and ties that Tear Down can lead to conflict and cohesion.
Journal ArticleDOI
Religion in the Arab Spring: Between Two Competing Narratives
Michael Hoffman,Amaney Jamal +1 more
TL;DR: This paper found that Qur'an reading, not mosque attendance, is associated with a considerable increase in the likelihood of participating in protest against authoritarian regimes during the Arab Spring, and evidence suggests that motivation mechanisms rather than political resources are the reason behind this result.
Angry Abolitionists & The Rhetoric of Slavery: Minding the Moral Emotions in Social Movements
TL;DR: In this article, a new synthetic theory of status as a moral-emotional resource, dependent upon cultural imaginaries and negotiated through rhetorical implicatures, is proposed to explore the affective dynamics of protest rhetoric through which social movements move.
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Is There an Islamist Political Advantage
TL;DR: It is argued that-to the extent that Islamists have a political advantage-the primary source of this advantage is reputation rather than the provision of social services, organizational capacity, or ideological hegemony.