Book contents
- The Godless Crusade
- The Godless Crusade
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I Foundations
- Part II The German Churches and the Alternative für Deutschland
- Chapter 4 Christianity and Democracy in Germany after World War II
- Chapter 5 The Advent of the Alternative für Deutschland in the Context of the New Identity Cleavage
- Chapter 6 Defenders of the Faith?
- Chapter 7 Religious Immunity
- Part III French Catholicism, the Rassemblement National and Laïcité
- Part IV A Faustian Bargain?
- Part V Conclusion
- Appendix A List of Interviewees
- Appendix B Sample Questionnaire (Religious Leaders)
- References
- Index
Chapter 5 - The Advent of the Alternative für Deutschland in the Context of the New Identity Cleavage
from Part II - The German Churches and the Alternative für Deutschland
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2023
- The Godless Crusade
- The Godless Crusade
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I Foundations
- Part II The German Churches and the Alternative für Deutschland
- Chapter 4 Christianity and Democracy in Germany after World War II
- Chapter 5 The Advent of the Alternative für Deutschland in the Context of the New Identity Cleavage
- Chapter 6 Defenders of the Faith?
- Chapter 7 Religious Immunity
- Part III French Catholicism, the Rassemblement National and Laïcité
- Part IV A Faustian Bargain?
- Part V Conclusion
- Appendix A List of Interviewees
- Appendix B Sample Questionnaire (Religious Leaders)
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 5 discusses how in the context of Germanys historically religion-friendly settlement of benevolent neutrality, the rise of the right-wing populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) and its references to religion have represented a political and religious watershed moment. Specifically, Chapter 5 focuses on how the emergence of a new identity cleavage in German society has created the socio-demographic conditions and incentives for the AfD’s rise and the latter’s transformation from an anti-Euro ‘professors’ party’ into an identitarian right-wing populist party. It also explores how the AfDs re-politicisation of religion in the context of its right-wing populist identity politics has put into question Germany’s traditional settlement of benevolent neutrality.
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- The Godless CrusadeReligion, Populism and Right-Wing Identity Politics in the West, pp. 62 - 74Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023