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Saving the People - How Populists Hijack Religion (Paperback)
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Saving the People - How Populists Hijack Religion (Paperback)
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Western democracies are experiencing a new wave of right-wing
populism that seeks to mobilise religion for its own ends. With
chapters on the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Austria, the
Netherlands, Poland and Israel, Saving the People asks how populist
movements have used religion for their own ends and how Church
leaders react to them. The authors contend that religion is more
about belonging than belief for populists, with religious
identities and traditions being deployed to define who can and
cannot be part of 'the people'. This in turn helps many populists
to claim that native Christian communities are being threatened by
a creeping and highly aggressive process of Islamisation, with
Muslims becoming a key, if not the, 'enemy of the people'. While
Church elites generally condemn this instrumental use of religions,
populists take little heed, presenting themselves as the true
saviours of the people. The policy implications of this phenomenon
are significant, which makes this book all the more timely and
relevant to current debate.
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