2013
DOI: 10.1111/rec3.12048
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Missionary Politics – A Contribution to the Study of Populism

Abstract: The sacralization of politics is commonly studied in terms of movements and regimes of the past. This article explains and develops the political-religious concept of missionary politics as an analytical tool to understand political activism in the twenty-first century. Missionary Politics is a political religion that has at its center a charismatic leadership, a narrative of salvation, ritualization, and the creation of a moral community invested with a collective mission of combating conspiratorial enemies a… Show more

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“…By turning to religion, the populism of Alvarado and Bukele drew on “universal verities” (Williams 1996) or “‘totalizing visions' in the form of a quest for redemption from and transcendence over increased globalized disruption and materialism” (Zúquete 2013: 267). Whereas Alvarado worked to bring a fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible to the heart of Costa Rican politics and restore lost religious values, Bukele infused Salvadoran politics with religious imaginaries to show that God had chosen him as the new president.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…By turning to religion, the populism of Alvarado and Bukele drew on “universal verities” (Williams 1996) or “‘totalizing visions' in the form of a quest for redemption from and transcendence over increased globalized disruption and materialism” (Zúquete 2013: 267). Whereas Alvarado worked to bring a fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible to the heart of Costa Rican politics and restore lost religious values, Bukele infused Salvadoran politics with religious imaginaries to show that God had chosen him as the new president.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A populizmus és a vallás kapcsolata viszonylag kevéssé kutatott terület (DeHanas-Shterin 2018; Zúquete 2013), arról pedig még kevesebb kutatás áll rendelkezésre, hogy a tartósan, több cikluson keresztül kormányzó populista kormányzatoknak hogyan alakul az egyházhoz fűződő viszonyuk, illetve hogyan hat az egyházakra, a hitéletre és a hívőkre a vallás politizálódása. Zúquete (2013) használja a vallásos populizmus fogalmát, meg különböztetve a nyíltan, illetve burkoltan vallásos populizmusvariációkat. Előbbi azokra a muszlim országokra vonatkozik, ahol a kormány a vallást átpolitizálva a politikai ha talmát azzal legitimálja, hogy Isten nevében járnak el annak ellenségeivel szemben.…”
Section: A Vallás Szerepe a Jobboldali Populista Politikai Kommunikác...unclassified