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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      23 March 2023
      30 March 2023
      ISBN:
      9781009262125
      9781009262163
      9781009262149
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009262125
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.68kg, 350 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.51kg, 350 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Sociology of Religion, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics, Sociology
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    Sociology of Religion, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics, Sociology
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    This book postulates that the rise of right-wing populism in the West and its references to religion are less driven by a resurgence of religious fervour, than by the emergence of a new secular identity politics. Based on exclusive interviews with 116 populist leaders, key policy makers and faith leaders in the USA, Germany, and France, it shows how right-wing populists use Christianity as a cultural identity marker of the 'pure people' against external 'others' while often remaining disconnected from Christian values, beliefs, and institutions. However, right-wing populists' willingness and ability to employ religion in this way critically depends on the actions of mainstream party politicians and faith leaders. They can either legitimise right-wing populists' identitarian use of religion or challenge it, thereby cultivating 'religious immunity' against populist appeals. As the populist wave breaks across the West, a new debate about the role of religion in society has begun.

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    ‘Cremer’s argument must be taken seriously by scholars of religion and politics and anyone concerned about the rise of right-wing Populism. … Recommended.’

    R. J. Meagher Source: Choice

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