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 alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to Humanities & Cultures · 3 years ago

How the Right wing is trying to turn religion into identity

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How the Right wing is trying to turn religion into identity

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 alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to Humanities & Cultures · 3 years ago
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How the Right wing is trying to turn religion into identity | Aeon Essays
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Authoritarian leaders who play the religious card are not mere hypocrites. There’s something far more troubling going on
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    Religion is already an identity, so you can’t turn it into one…

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      And the monotheistic ones tend to be pretty authoritarian as well.

      The Catholic Church in particular comes to mind.

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