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Articles tagged as "Religious Nationalism"

Revolutionary Dreams, Repressive Realities

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi
January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

Women stand at the forefront, driving this nation-wide revolt because there exists the deepest contradiction between their massive participation in social affairs and the patriarchal laws and denigrating regulations that seek to govern their bodies and appearances.

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When Politics are Sacralized: Religion and Nationalism in Zimbabwe

Series: When Politics are Sacralized Symposium
Joram Tarusarira
October 12, 2022

The fusion between religion and nationalism is not inherent or necessary. It is an instrumentalist relationship that is used to justify and legitimate particular political policies, actions, and imaginaries.

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Northern Ireland’s Troubled Relationship with Religion: Structures, Practices, and Definitions

Series: When Politics are Sacralized Symposium
Gladys Ganiel
September 21, 2022September 21, 2022

The value of comparative volumes such as this one lies in their ability to bring together different examples, identify commonalities and divergences, and impart lessons that can be learned about and applied across various cases.

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Introduction to Symposium on When Politics are Sacralized

Series: When Politics are Sacralized Symposium
Joshua Lupo
September 21, 2022October 12, 2022

What the contributors to this symposium show is that it is possible to engage in comparative work that is attentive to history, social and political complexity, and diversity without losing track of the more abstract concepts that are necessary to compare cross-culturally.

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Religion, Politics, and Trump’s Christian Nationalism

Scott Hibbard
August 11, 2022August 17, 2022

It was not a Christian ethic that drew conservative Christians to Donald Trump, but rather a sense of political tribalism and a base transactionalism.

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Where the Path of Denial Leads

Susannah Crockford
February 11, 2022

Conspiracy theories flourish in systems of thought that have no place for systemic thinking, in which there are only individuals with agency, operating either for the good or the bad.

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The Apocalypse is Human-Made: Playing with Fire from Al-Aqsa to Gaza

Atalia Omer
May 14, 2021August 25, 2022

The confluence of sacred times and spaces (national and religious) is explosive, and those pulling triggers and making decisions targeting religious celebrations may well be lighting the fuse.

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