The Structure of Religious Environmentalism: Movement Organizations, Interorganizational Networks, and Collective Action

Ellingson, Stephen; Woodley, Vernon Anthony; Paik, Anthony

doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2012.01639.x

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“…Thus, it is no wonder scholars increasingly study movement coalitions. Beamish & Luebbers, 2009;Di Gregorio, 2012;Ellingson, Woodley, & Paik, 2012;Grossman, 2001;Haydu, 2012;Khagram, 2004;Lichterman, 1995;Mix, 2011;Murphy, 2005;Park, 2008;Shaffer, 2000;Stearns & Almeida, 2004 Just as a full understanding of social movement activity requires that we study individual participation in collective action and the role of organizations in mobilization, so too do we need to study the origins and dynamics of organizational collaboration. For example, because frames are often developed through interchanges between coalition partners, failing to examine organizational interaction, including cooperation and conflict, could result in a misspecified explanation of the frame's origin (Croteau & Hicks, 2003;Luna, 2010).…”

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Social movement coalitions: Formation, longevity, and success

Dyke

Amos

2017

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Social movements rely on coalitions to help mobilize the mass numbers of people necessary for success. In this article, we review the literature on social movement coalition formation, longevity, and success. We identify five factors critical to coalition formation: (a) social ties; (b) conducive organizational structures; (c) ideology, culture, and identity; (d) the institutional environment; and (e) resources. Next, we explore the extent to which coalition survival is influenced by these same factors and argue that emergent properties of the coalition, such as commitment and trust, also facilitate longevity. Our review of the literature reveals that two factors specific to coalitions influence their success: coalition form and the nature of institutional targets. Interaction, communication technology, and the availability of physical and virtual spaces that facilitate communication are themes that run throughout our discussion, as they undergird many of the elements that shape coalition formation and survival. We conclude by evaluating the state of the research area and suggesting directions for further research.

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2017

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“…Then it provides examples of how religious leaders and activists from Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist and Hindu communities are working on a range of initiatives within their respective communities to increase environmental awareness and spark changes in behavior. This pattern of putting movements at the center is followed by many of the research articles on religious environmental social movements (see Veldman et al, 2013;Gottlieb, 2009;Ellingson et al, 2012).…”

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“…This body of literature makes environmental problems rather than environmental spaces a starting point for examining how moral communities form "political movement[s] for adaptive social change" (Jenkins, 2017, p.28). These movements range from adapting to environmental crises (Eucker, 2014;Murphy et al, 2016), local movements of resistance to exploiting natural resources (Witt, 2016;Grim, 1998) and broad-based social movements for changing global policy and practice on environmental protection and care (Gottlieb, 2009;Ellingson et al, 2012;Veldman et al, 2013;Martin-Schramm, 2010). Studies of religious environmental movements reveal strikingly diverse coalitions of religious groups and activists who apply their beliefs into message of care for the environment (Gottlieb, 2009, p.231;Veldman et al, 2013).…”

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“…Religion is global in its scope and transnational connections (Wuthnow & Offutt, 2008), and environmental movements within religious communities regularly cross geographic boundaries (Ellingson et al, 2012;Veldman et al, 2013). Religion is also local, as people incorporate religious ideas into ways of life that may differ vastly between (and within) religious groups (Ellingson et al, 2012;Li et al, 2016;Wardekker et al, 2009). In this way religious groups may simultaneously advocate care for environment and embody environmental awareness in local communities in a variety of locally-relevant ways (Veldman et al, 2013;Posas, 2007).…”

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Connecting Global and Local Indonesian Religious Environmental Movements

Smith¹

2018

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ABSTRAKArtikel ini membahas hubungan antara gerakan sosial transnasional-lintas agama yang menangani perubahan iklim dalam skala global dengan ekspresi lokal agama dan ekologi di Indonesia. Artikel ini menghubungkan dua tren dalam literature, yaitu agama dan ekologi: 1) analisis spasial agama dan lingkungan alam dan 2) studi tentang gerakan sosial lingkungan religius. Banyak penelitian tentang pergerakan aktivis agama di pusat, yang menunjukkan bahwa mereka beroperasi di zona terpisah, agak terputus dari masyarakat lokal yang ingin mereka wakili dan direformasi. Artikel ini berpendapat bahwa gerakan lingkungan religius dapat dipahami dengan lebih baik dengan menempatkannya di tengah, sebagai aktor yang tertanam dan dibentuk oleh ruang global dan lokal yang tumpang tindih. Artikel tersebut diawali dengan tinjauan singkat literatur tentang agama dan ekologi yang relevan dengan analisis spasial agama dan gerakan sosial lingkungan. Tinjauan ini berpendapat bahwa studi tentang gerakan lingkungan religius dapat disematkan dalam konteks global dan lokal. Ini memberi contoh bagaimana konteks Indonesia (antara lain) telah membantu membentuk gerakan lingkungan religius global. Selanjutnya, artikel tersebut menyajikan studi kasus di Indonesia yang menunjukkan bagaimana wacana lingkungan diciptakan bersama oleh masyarakat lokal dan aktivis agama. Artikel ini diakhiri dengan saran untuk studi lebih lanjut tentang adaptasi kreatif terhadap perubahan iklim di tingkat lokal dan global.Kata Kunci: Agama; Aksi sosial antaragama; Ekologi; Gerakan lingkungan; Gerakan sosial global; Globalisasi; Indonesia; Perubahan iklim;. ABSTRACTThis article discusses connections between transnational multi-faith social movements addressing climate change on a global scale with local expressions of religion and ecology in Indonesia. It connects two trends in literature on religion and ecology: 1) spatial analysis of religion and the natural environment and 2) studies of religious environmental social movements. Many studies of these movements put religious activists at the center, which suggests that they operate in a separate zone, somewhat disconnected from the local communities they aim to represent and reform. This article argues that religious environmental movements can be better understood by placing them in the middle, as actors embedded in and shaped by overlapping global and local spaces. The article begins with a brief review of literature on religion and ecology relevant to a spatial analysis of religion and environmental social movements. It then argues that studies about religious environmental movements can be enriched by studying how movements are embedded in global and local contexts. It provides examples of how the Indonesian context (among others) has helped to shape global religious environmental movements. Next, the article presents case studies in Indonesia demonstrating how environmental activists share a dynamic relationship with their contexts, and how religious environmental discourses are co-created by local communities...

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“…Furthermore, the authors found that many of these groups see a focus on community building to be an important component of an ethics-based approach (Smith & Pulver, 2009). Through a social network analysis, Ellingson et al (2012) ascertained that REMOs were more likely to collaborate and build alliances with other groups that shared their religious affiliation or theological frame. These researchers also concluded that "REMOs' religious culture shapes the structure of the movement field, which in turn may limit the scope and efficacy of religious environmentalism" (Ellingson et al, 2012, p. 269).…”

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Christian climate care: Slow change, modesty and eco‐theo‐citizenship

Kidwell

Ginn

Northcott

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Geography and Environment

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This qualitative study draws on in‐depth interviews and documentary analysis conducted between 2014 and 2016 to investigate the nature of pro‐environmental behaviour of members within the Eco‐Congregation Scotland network. We argue for an integrative analytical frame, that we call “eco‐theo‐citizenship,” which synthesises strengths of values‐, practice‐ and citizenship‐based approaches to the study of pro‐environmental behaviour within the specific context of religious environmental groups. This study finds the Eco‐Congregation groups studied are not primarily issue driven, and instead have an emphasis on “community‐building” activities and a concept of environmental citizenship which spans multiple political scales from local to international. Primary values emphasised included “environmental justice” and “stewardship.” Analysis of the data indicated that groups in this network are distinctive in two particular ways: (1) group focus on mobilising values and environmental concern towards “community building” can produce what looks like a more conservative approach to climate change mobilisation, preserving and working slowly within institutional structures, with a primary focus not on climate change mitigation per se but on the consolidation and development of the community and broader network; and (2) these groups can often under‐report their accomplishments and the footprint of their work on the basis of a common religious conviction which we have termed a “culture of modesty.”

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The Structure of Religious Environmentalism: Movement Organizations, Interorganizational Networks, and Collective Action

Cited by 26 publications

References 47 publications

Social movement coalitions: Formation, longevity, and success

Social movement coalitions: Formation, longevity, and success

Connecting Global and Local Indonesian Religious Environmental Movements

Christian climate care: Slow change, modesty and eco‐theo‐citizenship

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