Activism and Belief, with Rosemary Hancock

What’s the relationship between people’s personal faith and their political activism? What extra dimension does religion bring to social movements and to contemporary cities? How might being a person of faith shape one’s attitude to environmentalism and to caring for life beyond the self? Moving way beyond the stereotypes of the peace-loving Quaker and the evangelical conservative Christian, Alice Bloch talks to Sydney-based sociologist Rosie Hancock about the fascinating intersection of religious belief and political action.

Hosts: Alice Bloch and Samira Shackle
Producer: Alice Bloch
Music: Danosongs

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Further reading:
‘Islamic Environmentalism: Activism in the United States and Great Britain’ (2018), Rosemary Hancock

‘Religion in Coalition: Balancing Moderate and Progressive Politics in the Sydney Alliance’ (2019), Religions, Rosemary Hancock

‘Is there a paradox of religion and liberation? Islamic environmentalism, activism, and religious practice’ Journal for the Academic Study of Religion (2015) Rosemary Hancock

People, Power, and Change: Movements of Social Transformation (1970) Luther Gerlach and Virginia Hine 

On Social Control and Collective Behaviour (1967) Robert Park 

‘Ecological Humanism’ (1979) Don Marietta, New Humanist Magazine