The Populist Pope?: Politics, Religion, and Pope Francis
While religion and democracy have been intertwined since World War II, scholars have made little of the connections between religion and populism, largely conceptualizing religion as a tool of populism. In this paper, however, I argue that Pope Francis' deployment of Catholicism resists such in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2020
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Politics and religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 159-181 |
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| Summary: | While religion and democracy have been intertwined since World War II, scholars have made little of the connections between religion and populism, largely conceptualizing religion as a tool of populism. In this paper, however, I argue that Pope Francis' deployment of Catholicism resists such instrumentalization by populist politics, and offers resources for political ills underlying populism. I show that Francis' focus on the people allows him to capitalize on populist currents in global politics, while also reforming those currents into something more constructive than populism. I further explore how his political theology and institutional autonomy render his thought and example relatively impervious to appropriation by political actors. |
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| ISSN: | 1755-0491 |
| Reference: | Errata "The Populist Pope?: Politics, Religion, and Pope Francis—ERRATUM (2020)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Politics and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1755048319000506 |