Saving the People: How Populists Hijack Religion

by Edited by Nadia Marzouki

Book Overview

Western democracies are experiencing a new wave of right-wing populism that seeks to mobilize 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190639016
• ISBN13: 9780190639013
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"