Asymmetric conflation: QAnon and the political cooptation of religion

QAnon is beginning to gain attention in scholarly circles, but these sources often disagree about how to categorize the movement. This amounts to the meta-dispute between those who view QAnon primarily as a religious "cult," and those who grant it greater credibility as a political populis...

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Autores principales: Foertsch, Steven (Autor) ; Chakraborty, Rudra (Autor) ; Joosse, Paul (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Cambridge Univ. Press 2024
En: Politics and religion
Año: 2024, Volumen: 17, Número: 1, Páginas: 58-80
Otras palabras clave:B Religión
B Populism
B QAnon
B asymmetric conflation
B Cult
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Sumario:QAnon is beginning to gain attention in scholarly circles, but these sources often disagree about how to categorize the movement. This amounts to the meta-dispute between those who view QAnon primarily as a religious "cult," and those who grant it greater credibility as a political populist movement. Using quantitative and qualitative methods we test the proposition that QAnon could be a mix of both. Results from both analyses suggest that QAnon is best understood primarily as a political populist movement, but one that utilizes religious rhetoric. The findings thus highlight the asymmetric nature of the conflation of religion and politics in the contemporary American civil sphere.
ISSN:1755-0491
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Politics and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S1755048323000275