Social Justice Theory as a Disorganized Religion

James O. Fiet ()
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James O. Fiet: University of Louisville

Chapter Chapter 1 in Entrepreneurship in a Time of Social Justice Advocacy, 2023, pp 1-13 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Religions from a human perspective are cultural structurescultural structures that satisfy needs that are part of what it means to be human. The primary needs met by religions address problems in meaning makingmeaning-making, controlcontrol, social-identityidentity, communitycommunity-formation, and regulationregulation. As they interpret meaning in connection with a community, the adherents gather in moral tribesmoral tribes. Moral tribalism reinforces communal efforts to break barriers to social mobilitybarriers to social mobility. This is a fair description of the current state of social justice theory.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35463-2_1

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