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Fighting 21st Century Fascism

Mark Juergensmeyer

Mark Juergensmeyer is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Global Studies at UCSB, and his latest book is God at War: A Meditation on Religion and Warfare (Oxford University Press).

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Religion Dispatches

The Return of Christian Terrorism

Threats of right-wing violence have doubled in the past year. What is behind the latest upsurge in the movement to create a Christian theocratic state?
Mark Juergensmeyer
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Religion Dispatches

Onward Christian Terrorists; Fighting Evil in the Obama Era

Having publicly assured Tiller’s executioner that he acted in “righteousness and mercy,” affable Lutheran pastor Michael Bray, “chaplain” of Christian extremists, spoke with the author a few years back on why America is like Nazi Germany, why it’s okay to kill active abortion providers, and what he means when he says he’s “pro-choice.”
Mark Juergensmeyer
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Feared Taliban Leader Killed, But Military Strategy is Not the Answer in Afghanistan

A gathering of senior scholars in the field agree that the US presence in South Asia invokes a colonial legacy and undermines peace.
Mark Juergensmeyer
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