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Marietta van der Tol

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University of Cambridge | Trinity College | Conferences in Political Theologies | Comparative study of religion in politics, law and society | All the interdisciplinary stuff | Constitutionalist.

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

FREE ONLINE already, but get your PAPERBACK by the end of this week and get a ***40% discount*** CODE: DGBSUMER25 brill.com/display/titl...

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The ideology of the #RusskiMir or β€˜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

05.08.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The ideology of the #RusskiMir or β€˜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

05.08.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

*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 ➑️ buff.ly/Lmd9O3Z
@sagepub.com #InternationalRelations #USPolitics #GlobalPolitics

10.07.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#77 European Nationalism & Constitutions - with Marietta van der Tol β€” 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.
faithatthefrontiers.com/episodes/77

23.04.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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!
isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

15.04.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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!

isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

11.04.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Alfred Landecker Feature 
Dr. Marietta van der Tol 
Landecker Lecturer

Alfred Landecker Feature Dr. Marietta van der Tol Landecker Lecturer

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

Based at the @uniofcam.bsky.social, she will receive funding for her five-year project, β€œImagining Sacred Lands: the β€˜Russian World’, β€˜Hungarian World’, and β€˜Holy Serbia’”.Β 

➑️ More info: bit.ly/4ld7xcz

02.04.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

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!
isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

02.04.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.
www.montesquieu-instituut.nl/9394000/1/j9...

31.03.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
MPhil Pathway in Religion and Conflict | Faculty of Divinity MPhil Pathway in Religion and Conflict The aim of the pathway in Religion and Conflict is to offer students the opportunity to pursue advanced study and introductory research into this vibrant and rap...

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...

19.03.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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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18.03.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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 :)

24.01.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

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

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

24.01.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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"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!

canopyforum.org/2024/11/27/r...

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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!

www.routledge.com/A-Global-Sou...

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Abstracts received until the end of this week!

27.11.2024 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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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26.11.2024 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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.

canopyforum.org/2024/11/04/a...

25.11.2024 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

would love to be part of this!

25.11.2024 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"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 β€œReply 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

canopyforum.org/2024/11/02/r...

25.11.2024 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gender, Russian Orthodoxy, and the Invention of β€œTraditional” 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 πŸ‘‡

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23.11.2024 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Political Theologies of a Democratic Common Life | Faculty of Divinity Political Theologies of a Democratic Common Life 24-26 March 2025 New College, Oxford Religion can compound anti-democratic practices, polarization, and a turn to violence as a political strategy.

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

www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/political-th...

20.11.2024 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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...

πŸ‘‡Rita Abrahamsen & Michael Williams on CPAC and NatCon
canopyforum.org/2024/10/25/c...

22.11.2024 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

πŸ‘‡ Jeffrey Haynes on the successes and failures of the Far Right

canopyforum.org/2024/10/03/e...

21.11.2024 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

canopyforum.org/2024/10/02/s...

21.11.2024 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 andΒ Canopy Forum’sΒ new series hopes to shed light on the development of transnational...

πŸ‘‡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.

canopyforum.org/christian-tr...

21.11.2024 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do add me :)

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