Six or Eleven Theses on "Islamic" and "Christian" Terrorism in America
The term "Christian terrorism" began to appear in U.S. media narratives following a shooting outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015. Reflecting on a blog post I wrote from this time nearly six-years later, where I had proposed six theses on "Islamic" versus "Christia...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2022
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| In: |
Implicit religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 23, Issue: 4, Pages: 389-410 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Islam
/ Christianity
/ Terrorism
/ Discourse
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam CH Christianity and Society KBQ North America NCC Social ethics SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Terrorism
B America B Christian B Islamic B Identity B the Muslim Question B Marx B Trump |
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| Summary: | The term "Christian terrorism" began to appear in U.S. media narratives following a shooting outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015. Reflecting on a blog post I wrote from this time nearly six-years later, where I had proposed six theses on "Islamic" versus "Christian" terrorism in America, I consider how this rhetoric has developed in the interim. Adding five additional theses, I argue that the relative absence of terror attacks on U.S. soil throughout the Trump era, and the preoccupation with a variety of culture wars issues, has complicated the ways in which Muslims/Islam are constructed in the contemporary United States. I also consider the "Muslim question" and how it relates to Marx’s "On the Jewish Question." Despite certain parallels between these issues, I propose that the "question" for Western Muslims today is less about achieving basic rights as it is a battle over the definition of Islam itself. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Implicit religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/imre.19918 |