ReligioPolitics
2 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEach episode of ReligioPolitics focuses on one country, explaining how religious actors there impact its politics domestically, regionally, and globally. Policy-relevant interviews with academic experts provide the background needed by international affairs professionals in an increasingly religious world. Hosted by Randy Thompson, Senior Fellow at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, who holds a Ph.D. in Religion and U.S. Foreign Affairs.
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India
November 07, 2019 23:17 - 42 minutes - 27.3 MBNarenda Modi, Prime Minister of India, rules in the name of hindutva or Hindu Nationalism. His party’s shared vision for India has resulted in massive violence between Muslims and Hindus, as it did during his rule as Chief Minister in Gujarat. Most recently, Modi’s values of Hindu strength have led to the occupation of Kashmir, a massively popular endeavor both in India an within its diaspora. Joining the program to explain the origins of hindutva, the rise of Modi’s BJP party, and its imp...
Introducing ReligioPolitics: Independence and Orthodoxy in Ukraine
October 25, 2019 20:41 - 21 minutes - 17.2 MBOur introductory episode focuses on the successful campaign in early 2019 to create a Ukrainian Orthodox Church, independent from the Moscow Patriarchate. This religious nationalism formed a major plank of then-President Poroshenko’s platform for re-election. However, in the 2019 elections, he lost in a landslide to Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian that had impersonated him on a popular show, who ran against him as someone dividing the Ukrainian people. Joining the program to explain the Ch...