Doctoral Dissertation: Perceptions and Practice in Social Movements

SES-0828467杰弗里古德温格雷斯尤基奇新约克大学社会运动研究通常概念化“宗教”和“运动积极性”作为不同的实体，但在其他地方“宗教”和“世俗”之间的划分被认为是一个分析的区别，这是不代表的看法和生活的许多宗教人士。社会学研究使用“活的宗教”的观点强调人们感知和体验日常活动的方式作为“宗教实践”。将这些见解应用到社会运动的研究中，这个项目提出了这样一个问题：宗教人士是否将“宗教”与运动活动分开，或者他们是否将激进主义视为日常宗教实践的一部分？为什么他们会以这样的方式看待它？他们的看法是否有助于解释他们参与社会运动的程度？对于核心参与者，他们的看法（如何）影响个人和运动范围内的战略选择？这些问题将使用民族志和访谈参与者在纽约市避难所联盟和洛杉矶避难所联盟，两个教会为基础的运动组织工作的移民问题的一部分，国家新避难所运动。研究者期望发现，宗教人士以各种不同的方式思考宗教/行动主义，这些看法与他们更广泛的神学信仰有关，思想和原则（不仅仅是组织关系和务实的考虑）影响运动的参与和活动家的战略选择。在展示宗教人士将社会运动积极主义视为一种生活宗教的程度时，本项目将展示宗教和运动积极主义之间的严格划分是否合适，或者是否需要在运动研究中建立一个新的框架。这项研究还将表明，对宗教的看法是否对运动的招募和战略选择有影响。更广泛的影响。该项目将通过强调宗教人士自己对宗教构成的观点，使人们更全面地了解宗教在公共生活中的作用，这在一个大多数人认为自己是宗教人士的国家是一项重要任务。它还将提供来自非法移民激烈斗争前线的重要信息，包括移民往往闻所未闻的声音。通过提供关于这一问题中心运动的深入信息，这项研究将有助于阐明一场及时而重要的政治辩论。

SES-0828467Jeffrey GoodwinGrace YukichNew York UniversitySocial movement studies usually conceptualize "religion" and "movement activism" as distinct entities, but elsewhere the division between "religion" and "the secular" is being recognized as an analytic distinction that is not representative of the perceptions and lives of many religious people. Sociological studies using the "lived religion" perspective emphasize the ways in which people perceive and experience everyday activities as "religious practice." Applying these insights to the study of social movements, this project asks: Do religious people see "religion" as separate from movement activity, or do they view activism as a part of their everyday religious practice? Why do they view it in the ways they do? Do their perceptions help explain the level of their participation in a social movement? For core participants, (how) do their perceptions influence individual and movement-wide choices about strategy? These questions will be examined using ethnography and interviews with participants in the New York City Sanctuary Coalition and the Los Angeles Sanctuary Coalition, two congregation-based movement organizations working on immigration issues as part of the national New Sanctuary Movement. The researcher expects to find that religious people think about religion/activism in a variety of different ways, that these perceptions are related to their wider theological beliefs, and that ideas and principles (not just organizational ties and pragmatic considerations) influence participation in movements and activists' strategic choices. In showing the extent to which religious people perceive social movement activism as a form of lived religion, this project will demonstrate whether the strict division between religion and movement activism is appropriate or whether a new framework may be called for in movement studies. The study will also show whether perceptions about religion matter for movement recruitment and choices about strategy. Broader Impacts. This project will provide a more complete understanding of the role of religion in public life by stressing the perspectives of religious people themselves on what constitutes religion, an important task in a nation where most people consider themselves religious. It will also provide essential information from the frontlines of the fiery battle over illegal immigration, including the often unheard voices of immigrants. By providing in-depth information on a movement at the center of this issue, this study will help illuminate a timely and important political debate.