Book Launch: The Godless Crusade: Religion, Populism and Right-Wing Identity Politics in the West
PAST EVENT | 30 October 2023 15:00 - 30 October 2023 16:30
Dr Tobias Cremer, former Junior Research Fellow on Pembroke’s ‘Religion and the Frontier Challenges’ programme, will be speaking about his new book, The Godless Crusade: Religion, Populism and Right-Wing Identity Politics in the West (Cambridge University Press, 2023) on Monday 30th October at 15.00-16.30 in the Eccles Room.
The event is open to all, and will be followed by a drinks reception.
For more information on the book, please see the blurb below:
How Christian is the far right? In his new book “The Godless Crusade”, Tobias Cremer argues that the rise of right-wing populism in the West and its references to religion are driven more by the emergence of a new secular identity politics than by a resurgence of religious fervour. Based on exclusive interviews with 116 populist leaders, key policymakers, and faith leaders in the United States, Germany, and France, the book shows how right-wing populists use Christianity as a cultural identity marker of the “pure people” against external “others” while remaining disconnected from Christian values, beliefs, and institutions.
Book Launch: The Godless Crusade: Religion, Populism and Right-Wing Identity Politics in the West
PAST EVENT | 30 October 2023 15:00 - 30 October 2023 16:30
Dr Tobias Cremer, former Junior Research Fellow on Pembroke’s ‘Religion and the Frontier Challenges’ programme, will be speaking about his new book, The Godless Crusade: Religion, Populism and Right-Wing Identity Politics in the West (Cambridge University Press, 2023) on Monday 30th October at 15.00-16.30 in the Eccles Room.
The event is open to all, and will be followed by a drinks reception.
For more information on the book, please see the blurb below:
How Christian is the far right? In his new book “The Godless Crusade”, Tobias Cremer argues that the rise of right-wing populism in the West and its references to religion are driven more by the emergence of a new secular identity politics than by a resurgence of religious fervour. Based on exclusive interviews with 116 populist leaders, key policymakers, and faith leaders in the United States, Germany, and France, the book shows how right-wing populists use Christianity as a cultural identity marker of the “pure people” against external “others” while remaining disconnected from Christian values, beliefs, and institutions.