The Paradoxes a Return of Religion to Public Debates and Political Discourses
The Paradoxes a Return of Religion to Public Debates and Political Discourses

Author(s): Zora Hesová
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, Politics and religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: Religion; Right-wing populism; Catholic Church; Central and Eastern Europe; Culturalism; Christianism
Summary/Abstract: Religion has made a return into European politics, at least if we are to judge from the appearance and increase of religious arguments, concepts and symbols, especially in the politics of right-wing populists. Nations, national traditions are being redefined around religious events, institutions and personalities; public spaces invested with religious symbols. Political identities and struggles are being articulated increasingly in religious, culturalist and civilizational terms. This article aims to describe the most salient features of this recent and flagrant religious turn of right-wing populist politics, and to analyse ways in which religion is used and redefined by new political actors.

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