The Boomerang-Effect of Culturalized Religion: The Impact of the Populist Radical Right on Confessional Politics in the Netherlands

Hemel, E. van den

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38050-2_2

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“…We see here the same kinds of assumptions that undergird colourblindness and post-feminism: Christianity's hegemonic position is denied, and it is even argued that Christianity is now under attack from those who insist too much on plurality and multiculturalism. It is worth noting that many practising Christians have been critical of such identitarian discourses (Beekers, 2021; Cremer, 2021), although others relate to it more ambiguously (Lewicki, 2021; Van Den Hemel, 2020).…”

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Religion, secularity, culture? Investigating Christian privilege in Western Europe

Lauwers

2022

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Scholarship on religious inequality in Europe has focused mainly on the position of religious minorities, primarily Jews and Muslims. Investigations into Islamophobia, antisemitism, and other forms of discrimination and oppression, however, are merely one side of the coin. This article draws attention to Christian privilege as a different, but related phenomenon. It understands ‘privilege’ to be part of the study of hegemony, as the asymmetrical counterpart of structural oppression. The article situates Christian privilege within secular Christian hegemony in Western Europe and explores its relation to racial and religious exclusion. It identifies three different types of Christian privilege and outlines a framework for normatively evaluating them.

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