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.