Faith and Activism
In 2020-2021, the Religion in Public blog run a thematic series about “Faith and Activism”. The aim of the series was to explore the diverse and complex relationship between faith and socio-political activism in a variety of global contexts and in relation to a range of public issues.
The following contributions were published:
- “On Faith as Activism in Black Lives Matter“, by Biko Mandela Gray.
- “The Religion of Extinction Rebellion“, by Stefan Skrimshire.
- “Islamic Environmental Activism“, by Rosemary Hancock.
- “Conservative Christian food activism in South Africa“, by Hans Olsson.
- “Wangari Maathai, the Bible, and Environmental Activism“, by Adriaan van Klinken.
- “Religious activists translating and co-creating environmental care in Indonesia“, by Jonathan D. Smith.
- “Mishpat as a Counter-Narrative to Nationalism“, by CL Nash.
- “Christian Voices in the midst of Hong Kong Protests” (part 1 and part 2, by Ann Gillian Chu.
- “Queering Orthodoxy“, by Orit Avishai.
- “Religious, Feminist, Activist“, by Laura Zwissler.
- “African women’s anti-witchcraft as activism?“, by Laura Grillo.
- “Community-based Care and the Possibility of Religious Activism in Japan“, by Aura Di Febo.
- “Bible and Activism in the Classroom“, by Mmapula Diana Kebaneilwe.
- “Creative Activism“, by Anna Bland.
F&A Series: Wangari Maathai, the Bible, and Environmental Activism
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F&A Series: Creative Activism
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