Marietta van der Tol

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The Many Faces of Christianism "The Many Faces of Christianism" published on 04 Aug 2025 by Brill.

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The ideology of the #RusskiMir or ‘Russian World’ must be understood as Russian-shaped world order or peace – but above all, a claim to the sacred. The collected essays describe how #Far-Right politics in #Europe and its resonances with the Russian World nod to the changing meaning of #Christianism

The ideology of the #RusskiMir or ‘Russian World’ must be understood as Russian-shaped world order or peace – but above all, a claim to the sacred. The collected essays describe how #Far-Right politics in #Europe and its resonances with the Russian World nod to the changing meaning of #Christianism

*PSA PUBLICATION* #OpenAccess article; Christian #Nationalism & The Far Right: A Transnational Entanglement. How did conservative Christians become aligned with the far right? @marietta1.bsky.social explores ➡️ buff.ly/Lmd9O3Z
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#77 European Nationalism & Constitutions - with Marietta van der Tol — Faith at the Frontiers How can national constitutions persecute religious minorities? What would motivate them to do so, and is this motivation really Christian? These questions and others are addressed by Marietta van der...

Here's a podcast about my book and my thoughts on Christian nationalism! Thanks to Barnabas Aspray and Austin Stevenson for a great chat - have a listen if you have a free hour.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Constitutional Intolerance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Trump's idea to 'interpret' the Constitution 'differently' is not new. The book Constitutional Intolerance documents how European populists try to hack and 'reinterpret' their constitutions to enact l...

Want to know more about my book Constitutional Intolerance? Join this webinar next week!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Constitutional Intolerance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Trump's idea to 'interpret' the Constitution 'differently' is not new. The book Constitutional Intolerance documents how European populists try to hack and 'reinterpret' their constitutions to enact l...

Want to know more about my book Constitutional Intolerance? Join this webinar on April 23rd!

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We are thrilled to welcome @marietta1.bsky.social as a #Landecker Lecturer! 🎉 

Based at the @uniofcam.bsky.social, she will receive funding for her five-year project, “Imagining Sacred Lands: the ‘Russian World’, ‘Hungarian World’, and ‘Holy Serbia’”. 

➡️ More info: bit.ly/4ld7xcz

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Constitutional Intolerance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Trump's idea to 'interpret' the Constitution 'differently' is not new. The book Constitutional Intolerance documents how European populists try to hack and 'reinterpret' their constitutions to enact l...

BOOK LAUNCH CONSTITUTIONAL INTOLERANCE
APRIL 23, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EST)
Trump's idea to 'interpret' the Constitution 'differently' is not new. Learn about what European populists do to hack and 'reinterpret' their constitutions!
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De verhouding tussen religie en rechtspopulisme in Nederland Begin 2019 was Nederland in de ban van de Nashville-verklaring. Deze Amerikaanse anti-LHBT verklaring was door een handvol conservatieve christenen …

"Lang niet alle conservatief christelijke Amerikanen steunen dit, maar dat wil niet zeggen dat ze zich ertegen durven uit te spreken." Hetzelfde is waar voor de Nederlandse Biblebelt: niet alle christelijke conservatieven zijn radicaal rechts.
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Come studying religion and politics at the University of Cambridge! Check out the MA Pathway in Religion and Conflict - where I will teach my new module on Democratic Backsliding and supervise thesis projects. www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/study-here/m...

Internationale coalitie rond Trump zit inmiddels overal Brexit-hardliners, Hongaarse illiberale apparatsjiks, gestaalde Trumpaanhangers: rechts-radicalen wereldwijd vormen een coalitie die steeds hechter wordt. We moeten ons verdiepen in hun denkwereld, vo...

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It was a joy to work with Jonathan Wolff as part of the Alfred Landecker Programme at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford - this is the last publication I completed as part of my postdoc there :)

The rise of Constitutional Intolerance signals that the quiet enjoyment of democracy cannot be taken for granted. For constitutions to be resilient beacons amidst the tides of tolerance and intolerance, those entrusted with power must learn to discern and respect their significance

🏗Appeals to 'social norms' to say there is a 'security issue' (France)
🏗Arbitrary use of 'public order' when no problem can be substantiated (Netherlands)
🏗Constitutional Amendments that are apparently discriminatory (Hungary)
🏗Arguing something is written in the constitution when it isn't (Poland)

Trump's idea to 'interpret' the Constitution 'differently' is not new. In 📖Constitutional Intolerance 📖, I show how European populists hack and 'reinterpret' their constitutions, targeting all sorts of minorities www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

"Religious Freedom in Ukraine: Can we move on from misleading election narratives?" by Dmytro Vovk and Elizabeth A. Clark - Canopy Forum Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kiev, Ukraine by Juan Antonio Segal (CC BY-SA 4.0). This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and ...

The final piece in the series 'Transnational Christian Nationalism' is out!

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A Global Sourcebook in Protestant Political Thought, Volume I: 1517–1660 This first volume of A Global Sourcebook in Protestant Political Thought provides a window into the early Protestant world, and the ways in which Protestants wrestled with politics and religion in the...

Voila! More than 200 sources in Protestant Political Thought, freely available for students, scholars and anyone who is just interested!

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Abstracts received until the end of this week!

What’s ethnicity got to do with it? Religious and racial politics in Europe Drawing on sociology, anthropology, constitutional law, and political philosophy, this issue explores how the concept of ethnicity functions as a salient category for understanding the experiences ...

Sociology meets Politics: on ethnicity and what it's got to do with religion and race

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"A Christian Constitutional Challenge – Hungary’s Fundamental Law" by Stephen Dolan - Canopy Forum Evangelical Church of the Holy Trinity and St. Elisabeth Church in Hungary by Marcin Szala (CC BY-SA 4.0). This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on ...

I hope my American friends are taking some notes on why all the talk about 'Christianity' in Hungary may not be as Christian as it is made to look.

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would love to be part of this!

"Religious Belief as an Existential Threat: How Russia Victimizes Religious Minorities in Russia and in the Occupied Territories of Ukraine" by Dr. Kyriaki Topidi - Canopy Forum “Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks” by Ilya Repin (CC0) This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious freedom. I...

Important insights into the fate of religious minorities in Russia and the occupied territories of Ukraine

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Gender, Russian Orthodoxy, and the Invention of “Traditional” Values by Regina Elsner - Canopy Forum Russian Orthodox Church, Rocklea, Russia by Bert Knot (CC 2.0) This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious fre...

It seems the talk about 'traditional values' is actually quite new 👇

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The fifth Political Theologies conference gathers scholars and practitioners to discuss how religious ideas and communities can foster democratic resilience, uphold the rule of law, and support a diverse, peaceful society

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CPAC and NatCon: Uniting a Transnational Radical Right by Rita Abrahamsen and Michael C. Williams - Canopy Forum Museum in Hungary by Jules Verne (CC BY 3.0) This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious freedom. If you’d lik...

👇Rita Abrahamsen & Michael Williams on CPAC and NatCon
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"European elections 2024: Successes and failures of far-right political parties" by Jeffrey Haynes - Canopy Forum Photo of 2014 Irish Election Ballots by William Murphy (CC BY-SA 2.0) This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religi...

👇 Jeffrey Haynes on the successes and failures of the Far Right

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"Transnational Aspects of Christian Nationalism" by Marietta van der Tol - Canopy Forum The County Election by George Caleb Bingham (CC0) This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious freedom. If you’...

Some thoughts on resonances between conservative Christians and the Far Right

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Transnational Christian Nationalism - Canopy Forum The Miraculous Draught of Fishes by Raphael (CC0) The Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and Canopy Forum’s new series hopes to shed light on the development of transnational...

👇This new series sheds light on the development of transnational Christian nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious freedom with a focus on American political movements, European populism, and Russian politics.

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