Social Movements, Fundamentalists, and Cosmic Warriors: Three Theories of Religious Activism and Violence
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Gregg, Heather S.
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2013-04
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April 11-14, 2013
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This article presents three different causal arguments for religious activism—social
movements, fundamentalism, and Cosmic War—and the conditions under which
religiously motivated violence occur. These three causal arguments offer a spectrum of
goals within religious activism, ranging from challenging social practices and
government policies, to defending specific interpretations and practices of the faith, to
hastening the apocalypse. Furthermore, each of these theories proposes different ways
that religion becomes involved in social, political and religious activism and the
conditions under which groups use violence to further their goals. The article concludes
by suggesting countermeasures for each type of religious activism.
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Prepared for the ASREC Conference, April 11-14, 2013, Washington, DC
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Defense Analysis (DA)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.