Social Change and Religious Faith

Social Change and Religious Faith is a thorough discussion of religious faith as a motivator (the “why”: trigger, driver or force) of social change within the hearts and minds of the change agents (the “who”: individuals, groups of people, or organizations).

Why do people such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, and Mother Teresa take the necessary action to make significant social change? What motivates individuals to rise above their ordinary lives to become leaders in social change? In each case, Dr. King, Gandhi, and Mother Teresa held tightly to a religious faith. Religious faith was their “why.” Does the “why” select the “who”? Making social change is difficult and sometimes dangerous work, and therefore, not many people choose to take the risk of becoming visible agents of change.

Social Change and Religious Faith provides case studies of modern individuals who are making social change motivated by their religious faith, plus detailed discussions of the definitions of “social change” and “religious faith.