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Food Fights, or: Between the Bitter and the Comical—The Dispute Between Culturalization and De-culturalization

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Religion in the Age of Re-Globalization

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If Islam today is a growing demographic, cultural and political force on the international stage, other religions have noticed this and have responded with a stronger politicization partly accompanied by a growing Anti-Islamist stance. This does not mean that the re-politicization trend in global politics is just a reaction to the growth of Islam. The overall development sees various global religions closely interweaved in their (re-)politicization.

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Benedikter, R. (2022). Food Fights, or: Between the Bitter and the Comical—The Dispute Between Culturalization and De-culturalization. In: Religion in the Age of Re-Globalization. Culture and Religion in International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80857-0_19

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