nationalism
How the Catholic Church’s crash in Poland brought down the Law and Justice party
By Anna Piela — October 18, 2023
(RNS) — With an exodus of young people, the Polish church may be facing the ‘Irish scenario.’
The patriotic Virgin: How Mary’s been marshaled for religious nationalism and military campaigns
By Dorian Llywelyn — July 7, 2022
(The Conversation) — Many religions have been used to prop up nationalism, and Catholicism is no exception, as a Jesuit priest and scholar explains.
Prayer is essential. Protest is required. Policy is necessary
By Jim Wallis — June 5, 2020
(RNS) — I have never seen so many white people care so deeply about America’s Original Sin, structural racial injustice, and the 400 years of violence against black lives.
Letter: Nationalism is anathema to Christian faith
By Yonat Shimron — August 19, 2019
(RNS) — The letter in the magazine Commonweal was a direct response to a letter in the conservative journal First Things that embraced the new nationalism.
Patriotism, nationalism and the American dream
By Thomas Reese — July 3, 2019
(RNS) — Americans need to embrace a more mature and realistic patriotism, one that recognizes that everything is not perfect but that there is still something worth celebrating.
Survey: Trump voters ‘anti-Islam, anti-feminist, anti-globalist’
By Adelle M. Banks — September 7, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — Almost three-quarters of Trump voters said Islam is a threat, compared with 18 percent of those who voted for Hillary Clinton.
An irrelevant war?
By Martin E. Marty — April 11, 2017
...I used the season to revisit old accounts of that war and what it shows about how religious and other leaders can get swept up and caught up in hyper-nationalism, patriotic idolatry, and loss of self-critical (or prophetic) perspective.
The hardening of Geert Wilders: Anti-Islam crusader — and top Dutch pol?
By Thomas Escritt — March 1, 2017
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) Geert Wilders has lived in safe houses under 24-hour guard to protect him from Islamist militants since 2004. The experience has only strengthened his anti-Islam convictions.
Three different ways to resist Trumpian nationalism
By David P. Gushee — January 26, 2017
Three paradigms for resisting when nationalism is on the march. But will any be strong enough?
Thick beats thin every time
By David P. Gushee — December 1, 2016
(RNS) If we don't like Donald Trump's version of thick American nationalism and national loyalty, we must offer an equally thick but more compelling alternative.
Anti-immigrant rhetoric can be deadly (COMMENTARY)
By David P. Gushee — October 9, 2015
(RNS) When one group of people in a country is taught to look at another group as inferior, immoral, and dangerous, the latter group will eventually pay a huge price.
An antidote to religious strife in Egypt: nationalism
By Monique El-Faizy — October 2, 2013
(RNS) After decades of polarization along religious lines, Christians and Muslims in Egypt are coming together to rally behind their flag.
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