The Wrath of Jonah: The Crisis of Religious Nationalism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Rosemary Radford Ruether , Herman J. Ruether

Using the analogy of the two Divine Words, this chapter begins by exploring pressing debates in contemporary Islamic feminist and Muslima theological engagement with the Qur’an, debates that arise out of the underlying problematic of the Word in the world. The chapter, then, explores Christian perspectives on Jesus Christ from Rosemary Radford Ruether, Jacquelyn Grant, Kwok Pui-lan, and Ada María Isasi-Díaz. These theologians discuss topics ranging from the language and symbols invoked to describe Jesus to the value assigned to particular human markings of Jesus (inclusive of but not limited to Jesus’s maleness) to the affiliations of Jesus with power and marginal groups. The chapter concludes by returning to Muslima theology and constructively proposing an approach to the Qur’an that embraces hybridity, human experience, and a preference for the marginalized.

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Civil Religion or Nationalism? The National Day Celebrations in Norway

Religions ◽

10.3390/rel12030206 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 206

Author(s):

Pål Ketil Botvar

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

General Population ◽

Civil Religion ◽

Religious Nationalism ◽

Theoretical Concepts ◽

Role Of Religion ◽

Better Than ◽

The Way

The Norwegian National Day (17 May, also referred to as Constitution Day) stands out as one of the most popular National Day celebrations in Europe. According to surveys, around seven out of every 10 Norwegians take part in a public celebration during this day. This means that the National Day potentially has an impact on the way people reflect upon national identity and its relationship to the Lutheran heritage. In this paper, I will focus on the role religion plays in the Norwegian National Day rituals. Researchers have described these rituals as both containing a significant religious element and being rather secularized. In this article, I discuss the extent to which the theoretical concepts civil religion and religious nationalism can help us understand the role of religion, or the absence of religion, in these rituals. Based on surveys of the general population, I analyze both indicators of civil religion and religious nationalism. The two phenomena are compared by looking at their relation to such items as patriotism, chauvinism, and xenophobia. The results show that civil religion explains participation in the National Day rituals better than religious nationalism.

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Christian Nationalism and Views of Immigrants in the United States: Is the Relationship Stronger for the Religiously Inactive?

Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World ◽

10.1177/2378023120985116 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 237802312098511

Author(s):

Samuel Stroope ◽

Heather M. Rackin ◽

Paul Froese

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

National Sample ◽

Religious Communities ◽

Religious Nationalism ◽

Religious Service ◽

Religious Service Attendance ◽

The Relationship ◽

Christian Nationalism ◽

Service Attendance

Previous research has shown that Christian nationalism is linked to nativism and immigrant animus, while religious service attendance is associated with pro-immigrant views. The findings highlight the importance of distinguishing between religious ideologies and practices when considering how religion affects politics. Using a national sample of U.S. adults, we analyze immigrant views by measuring levels of agreement or disagreement that undocumented immigrants from Mexico are “mostly dangerous criminals.” We find that Christian nationalism is inversely related to pro-immigrant views for both the religiously active and inactive. However, strongly pro-immigrant views are less likely and anti-immigrant views are more likely among strong Christian nationalists who are religiously inactive compared with strong Christian nationalists who are religiously active. These results illustrate how religious nationalism can weaken tolerance and heighten intolerance most noticeably when untethered from religious communities.

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