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Reexamining Religion and Modernities Articles

Islamophobia Is Not Racism

Series: Reexamining Religion and Modernities
Melani McAlister
October 2, 2018October 4, 2018

Imperialism and structural inequalities are highly relevant to the post-Cold War framing of Islam on a global scale, but neither race or “phobia” captures the full complexity of the power dynamics at play.

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Particular and Capacious? A Reflection on Identity and Solidarity

Series: Reexamining Religion and Modernities
Slavica Jakelić
September 7, 2018November 18, 2020

Do particular national experiences and historical locations constrain or broaden one’s ethical commitments?

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Pluralism, Secularism, and Anti/Philo-Semitism

Series: Reexamining Religion and Modernities
Geneviève Zubrzycki
August 24, 2018January 24, 2024

How can Poland, one of the most ethnically, denominationally, and religiously homogenous nation-states in the world, counter the empirical absence of ethnic, racial, and religious plurality to meet the modern political goals of pluralism and multi-culturalism?

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Religious Nationalism and Right Wing Populism: Trumpism and Beyond

Series: Reexamining Religion and Modernities
Philip Gorski
August 6, 2018February 1, 2024

Of course, not all religious conservatives feel attracted to the populist message. Which do? Religious nationalists.

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