Religious Nationalism and Religious Influence
Religious Nationalism and Religious Influence
- Anna Grzymala-BusseAnna Grzymala-BusseDepartment of Political Science, Stanford University
Summary
Religious nationalism, or the fusion of religious and national identities and goals, is an increasingly salient aspect of nationalism. Rather than secular nationalism simply replacing religious identities and allegiances, religious and national identities coexist and even reinforce each other. Such religious nationalism becomes a powerful force in buttressing popular religiosity and attitudes, empowers religious organizations in influencing policy across a wide range of domains, and shapes the patterns of inter- and intra-state violence. The two implications of these findings are that we should invest in better measures and operationalization of religious nationalism and reconsider the logics of state- and nation-building.
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Subjects
- Contentious Politics and Political Violence
- Governance/Political Change
- Political Institutions
- Political Values, Beliefs, and Ideologies
