Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
I. Concepts and Theory
Introduction: Liberal Democracies under Assault
Mirjam Weiberg-Salzmann, Anja Hennig
The Ambivalences of Democracy: Religion and Illiberal Politics
Anja Hennig, Oliver Hidalgo
Religion as a Paradigm of Authority, Hierarchy and (In)Equality — On Conceptualizing Linkages between Religious Patterns of Thought and Illiberal Politics in Modern Democracy
Oliver Hidalgo
Uniting Through Opposition: The Chains of Equivalence Politics of the Populist Right and Its Use of Religion
Manon Westphal
II. Christian Identity Narratives and Anti-Muslim Politics
Hijacking Religion for the Sake of the Nation: Illiberal Democracy in Hungary
Robert Sata
Between Catholic traditionalism and Laïcité: The religious dimension in thought and action of the Front National in France
Yves Bizeul (†)
The Religious Dimensions of the Spanish Radical Right: Voters, Ideology and Communication of Vox
Jakob Schwörer, Xavier Romero-Vidal, Belén Fernández-García
Turning away from tolerance: Religion and illiberal politics in Austria
Astrid Mattes
(Il-)liberal Public Policies on Islam in Switzerland: The Handshake Affair in Public Discourse and State Religious Policy
Antonius Liedhegener, Laura Johanna Lots
III. Christian Identity Narratives and Nationalisms
Hussitism and Illiberal Politics in the Czech Republic: A Historical Religious Legacy in Dispute
Miroslav Mareš
Orthodoxy as Exclusivist Identity in the Greek Radical Right: Discourse Analysis and Electoral Behavior
Konstantinos Papastathis, Anastasia Litina
A Catholic Far-Right Party in Italy? How the Lega Nord Rediscovered Catholicism and Anti-Gender Politics
Fabio Bolzonar
Instrumentalizing Religious Symbols: Anti-Liberal Narratives in the US and Brazil
Katja Freistein, Frank Gadinger, Christine Unrau
IV. (Il)liberal Christian Actors and Public Policies
Political Genderphobia in Germany: How Opposition to Gender-sensitive Education Reforms Unites Political and Religious Right-wing Actors
Anja Hennig
The Christian Orthodox Church and Illiberal Politics in Romania
Radu Cinpoeş
Illiberal Migration Politics and the Divided Catholic Church in Poland since 2015
Anja Hennig, Madalena Meyer Resende
(Il)liberal Intervention? Religion and Moral Politics in Western Europe and the United States of America
Mirjam Weiberg-Salzmann
V. Perspectives
Religion and (Il)liberal Politics. Interview of the editors with Michael Minkenberg, European University Viadrina, Comparative Political Science, Frankfurt (Oder), 1/10/2020
Conclusion: Religion and Illiberal Politics: Patterns of an Ambivalent Relationship
Anja Hennig
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