My new article in Open Democracy explores the rocky relationship between religion and civil society politics….In particular I ask if Does Trump’s election represents a victory for reactionary religion or a prelude to faith-based opposition?
If you’d to find out more just click on the link….
Source: President Trump and the Christian right | openDemocracy
In recent decades faith has made a dramatic return to civil society politics. One of the most significant expressions of this is found in faith-based community organising.
Yesterday I spoke about the relationship between faith and politics in the superdiverse city at the British Quaker Social Justice Conference in Birmingham. In particular I thought about faith-based community organising as a powerful model of civil society politics. If you would like to look at my presentation you can find it by clicking here…..
What role should faith groups play in civil society politics? In a society where a majority of people do not belong to any faith community should faith groups leave ‘politics’ to the ‘politicians’ or do they have an obligation to translate theological values into grassroots political activism?
This video from 2014 explores this question in some depth…..’The Role of Religion in Public Life’. What do you think?
Chris Shannahan - Finding Faith in an Urban World 