This Week In Religion and Politics

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Where pulpits, courts, parties, and movements collide, this show follows the research behind the headlines on faith, power, identity, and democracy.

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June 29, 2026Religious moderation as statecraft? Plus: abortion-pill mechanisms
Across papers on South Tyrol mediators, Kendari radicalism discourse, Islamic and Christian moderation, and abortion-pill policy, public belonging is negotiated through religion, identity, and state power.
Covers 2026-06-22 to 2026-06-29; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
Where pulpits, courts, parties, and movements collide, this show follows the research behind the headlines on faith, power, identity, and democracy.
Episode covers 2026-06-22 – 2026-06-29.
Top papers
Trauma, Memory, and Spiritual Care: Pastoral Psychological Perspectives on Collective Healing
Toxic Resentment and Far-Right Politics: A Critical Theory from a Brazilian Perspective
Bridging religious difference in an Autonomous Region: cultural mediators and the promise of transcultural capital
Politically Salient Events May Modulate Effects of Naturalistic Psychedelic Use on Support for Partisan Violence
Contesting Horizons of Meaning in Global Modernity
Themes: religion, religious moderation, pluralism, identity, human rights, multiculturalism, Muslim women, Theology
Methods: qualitative, case-study, interviews, survey, observation, Critical Discourse Analysis
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June 22, 2026Does Christian nationalism sacralize meritocracy? Plus: Vietnam borders
This week follows religion as a public operating system for merit, belonging, authority, and border governance rather than a private belief box.
Covers 2026-06-15 to 2026-06-22; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
Where pulpits, courts, parties, and movements collide, this show follows the research behind the headlines on faith, power, identity, and democracy.
Episode covers 2026-06-15 – 2026-06-22.
Top papers
The Gospel of Meritocracy: Christian Nationalism, Economic Position, and Americans’ Beliefs About Getting Ahead in Life
The role of Brueggemann’s ‘prophetic imagination’ in neo-prophetism and South African politics
Negotiating Faith and Capital in Islamic Popular Fiction: Three Narrative Strategies of Indonesian Muslim Writers
Defining Neutrality, Combating Polarization: Laycock’s Essential Contributions
Language Ideological Hierarchisation in Madrasa in Pakistan
Themes: religion, secularism, Buddhism, identity, social justice, Confucianism, disinformation, citizenship
Methods: qualitative, case-study, survey, library research, historical analysis, literature review
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June 15, 2026Do anti-Muslim signals mobilize voters? Plus: Poland's COVID pluralism
This week follows how exclusion, pandemic restrictions, and state-religion bargains redraw who gets to belong in public life.
Covers 2026-06-08 to 2026-06-15; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
Where pulpits, courts, parties, and movements collide, this show follows the research behind the headlines on faith, power, identity, and democracy.
Episode covers 2026-06-08 – 2026-06-15.
Top papers
Treason and dissimulation in the Henrician Reformation: Leonard Grey and the polarisation of politics in the Irish Pale, 1534–40
Religion and State in a Time of Crisis
Ambedkar’s Renunciation and Re-imagining of Religion: Tracing the Horizon of Religiosity Among the Contemporary Dalit ‘Public’
Religion in Canada during COVID-19
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF CENTRAL ASIA IN THE 6TH–7TH CENTURIES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SOCIO-POLITICAL LIFE
Themes: identity, COVID-19, Poland, Buddhism, Catholicism, political participation, cultural conflict, secularization
Methods: qualitative, case-study, historical analysis, library research, survey, quantitative
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June 08, 2026Do church ties build African elites? Plus: South Vietnam's legal personality
Religion enters politics through networks, legal status, and moral vocabularies that shape belonging more than slogans do.
Covers 2026-06-01 to 2026-06-08; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
Where pulpits, courts, parties, and movements collide, this show follows the research behind the headlines on faith, power, identity, and democracy.
Episode covers 2026-06-01 – 2026-06-08.
Top papers
Why Heresy Matters: Contesting the Legacy of Nicaea
Old boys, church mates, childhood friends: How social relations form and sustain the multi-ethnic political elite in Africa
Staying in Conversation: Review of Research on the Science Views of Evangelicals and Effective Ways to Respond
“Legal Personality” and the Governance of Religion under the Republic of Vietnam (1955-1975): A Legal-Historical Analysis
Christianity and Intellectual Inquiry: Thinking as Pilgrimage
Themes: democracy, religion, Christianity, theology, pluralism, Nigeria, Islamic political thought, social ethics
Methods: qualitative, literature review, case-study, survey, library research, textual criticism
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June 01, 2026When Do Muslim Groups Harm Democracy? Plus: Headscarves at Work
New work asks how faith communities shape democratic loyalty, how institutions police visible religion, and how Islamic ethics frame governance in Northern Nigeria.
Covers 2026-05-25 to 2026-06-01; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
Where pulpits, courts, parties, and movements collide, this show follows the research behind the headlines on faith, power, identity, and democracy.
Episode covers 2026-05-25 – 2026-06-01.
Top papers
Britain and the Soviet War on Religion: Labour Government, Christian Protest and the Churches, 1929–1931
‘All we are concerned with is saving the country’
Staying in Conversation: Review of Research on the Science Views of Evangelicals and Effective Ways to Respond
How Islamic Thought Shapes Socio-Political Dynamics: Navigating Ethical Leadership, Community Development, and Contemporary Challenges in Northern Nigeria
Gender Non‐Conformity in Islamic Studies and Muslim Communities Across Times and Theoretical Frameworks
Themes: democracy, Indonesia, governance, theology, political psychology, religion, religious moderation, Islam
Methods: qualitative, case-study, literature review, historical analysis, textual analysis, comparative analysis
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