Exploring how religious and secular forces interact in the modern world.
This book interrogates the opposition between the “Arab” and the “Jew” in order to challenge dominant understandings of political identities, nationalism, and citizenship rights.
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“The question of Palestine,” “the Jewish question,” and “the Muslim question” are conceptually and historically linked, and their entanglement continues to fuel tensions in the Middle East, Europe, and the USA.
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Ethno-religious nationalism—and the distinctive logic and dynamics of zombie nationalism—forms the connective tissue between much White evangelicalism and QAnon conspiracy ideology.
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We too need to come out from behind the curtain and frame the “so-what” of our story not just in terms of scholarly debates, but with careful attention to what our story can illuminate about the human condition.
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The “religious” figure and body in this book is not a “faith-based” “non-state actor” seeking to share gospel stories or convert others, but rather a state actor focused on further developing its legal power and political authority.
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This book presents the heretofore understudied history of Catholic international diplomacy in the early- to mid-twentieth century.
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Identification with whiteness leaves no recourse from being identified with the enslaver and master. White Jewish evocation of Exodus thus reeks of hypocrisy so long as such a Jew insists on being white.
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Branding as “antisemitic” criticism of Israeli actions pertaining to its occupation—on the ground that this applies a double standard—is Orwellian.
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The idea that “real Jew” must be white is a feature of unfortunate misrepresentations of Jewish people primarily during the twentieth century, with steam gathered in its support since the late 1960s.
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Antisemitism, like other forms of racism and bigotry, should be rejected by appeals to human rights and justice, not through the closure of critical thinking and blind acceptance of official Israeli state policies.
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