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    • Sovereign Nations under God: The interdenominational and international potential of the Christian Right in Europe by Gionathan Lo Mascolo

      Mar 12, 2021

      In the shadow of the rise of the far-right, ultra-conservative Christian denominations and groups in Europe are joining forces and overcoming long-held dogmas. These new interdenominational and international networks could profit from processes of social politicisation and radicalisation. The unthinkable has happened in the last decades: Ideas affiliated with the far-right, have become mainstream and have been normalised by conservative parties. Pushed by the so-called "refugee crisis“, popul…

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    • Groundhog Day all over again - but new ways of studying political violence, peace and the secular in Israel/Palestine and beyond by Stacey Gutkowski, King’s College London

      Jan 14, 2021

      Close observers of Israeli politics could be forgiven for thinking they have fallen into the film Groundhog Day, where a character played by Bill Murray lives the same day over and over again in excruciating detail. The Israeli electorate now faces their fourth national election in two years after the coalition government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to agree a budget. The country is yet again in a pre-electoral holding pattern, with the exception of the Covid vaccine roll out…

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    • Book Review: Christian Faith, Philosophy & International Relations: The Lamb and the Wolf

      Nov 11, 2020

      Review by: Dr. Trineke Palm, Assistant Professor International Security Studies, Netherlands Defence Academy With the religious turn in International Relations, which is closely connected to 9/11, more attention has been paid to the role of religion in international politics. Often, this research remains limited to an analysis of the role of religious actors and takes religion as a “variable” to understand war, conflict, peace and cooperation. In line with this approach, the edited volume by P…

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