- Scholars believe that the embedded trust, solidarity, and social capital a religious institution has can be used to launch and mobilize contentious collective action
- Religious figures have the ability to speak on the doctrine and invoke feelings of unrest in regards to society which creates a link between religion and activism
- Religious Terrorism is also a way in which religious groups engage in contentious collective action 
    - RAND-St. Andrews Chronology of International Terrorism has seen a growth in the number of religious groups that have made their list in the past couple of years

Organizational structures: facilitate contentious collective action

- Scholars believe that the embedded trust, solidarity, and social capital a religious institution has promotes social stability and collective action that is not contentious
- Belief that religious institutions are influnecial for reduceing the likelihood of social unrest in a society

Organizational structures: prevent contentious collective action

Scholars are divided on whether religious groups' organizational structures facilitate or prevent contentious collective action

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Scholars have not reached a consensus on whether religious groups help induce contentious collective action or help keep social peace and stability. As such three main points are often disagreed on.

1. Do religious doctrines and values make religious groups more or less likely to participate and lunch collective contention? 
2.  Do religious groups reflect and/or reinforce politically-relevant divisions that could affect which party or government group is in charge (possible regime change)?
3. Do religious groups' organizational structures facilitate or prevent contentious collective action?

Religions: Contentious Collective Action

Tao, Y. Agitators, Tranquilizers, or Something Else: Do Religious Groups Increase or Decrease Contentious Collective Action?. Religions 2018, 9(7), 213; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9070213.
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/7/213


Agitators, Tranquilizers, or Something Else: Do Religious Groups Increase or Decrease Contentious Collective Action?

Scholars are divided in whether the doctrine and values of religion will make it more or less likely to organize and/or participate in contentious collective action. 


 Doctrines and Values: Religious Contentious Collective Action

Scholars are divided in whether religious groups reflect and/or reinforce politically-relevant divisions that could affect which party or government group is in charge. This could end in a  possible regime change.

Politically Relevant Divisions: Religious Contentious Collective Action

Organizational Structures: Religious Contentious Collective Action

There are five main limitations regarding the debate and studying of religious contentious collective action. These five knowledge gaps need to be filled to gain a better understanding of the role of religious organizations in contentious collective action.

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