| Contents |
Introduction : the new crusaders -- Definitions, methods, cases and sources -- A fourfold argument : the identity cleavage, the secular right, religious immunity, and Christian leadership -- Christianity and democracy in Germany after WWII : from a marriage of convenience to happily ever after? -- The advent of the AfD in the context of the new identity cleavage -- Defenders of the faith? The AfD's Christian credentials under scrutiny -- Religious immunity : voting behaviour and the church's social firewall -- La R̐uepublique la̐uique vs. la France Catholique : the rise and decline of French "Catho-La̐uicit̐ue" -- France's new identity cleavage and the rise of the far right -- La fille ain̐uee de l'̐ueglise? Christianism and secularism in the French populist right -- A successful d̐uediabolisation? Factors in understanding the weakening of religious immunity to populism in France -- "A nation under God"? American civil religion between the wall of separation and Christian nationalism -- The new social cleavage : from religious culture wars to white identity politics -- The saviour of Christian America? Trumpism's Christian credentials through the lens of the cultural-ethical triangle -- A Faustian bargain? Understanding white Christian support for Trump. |
| Abstract |
"Based on exclusive elite-interviews with 116 religious and political leaders in three countries, "The Godless Crusade" not only makes a considerable theoretical contribution to the academic literature across different disciplines, but also represents a major intellectual intervention in contemporary social and political debates about how multi-cultural societies can confront the challenges of right-wing populism, white identity politics and religious activism"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2022034955 |
| ISBN | 9781009262149 |
| ISBN | 9781009262163 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1009262165 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1009262149 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
