32103
Advanced Seminar
SoSe 18: The Religious Right and the Election of Donald Trump
Chiara Migliori
Comments
Religious freedom is a concept that belongs to the history of the United States since before the actual foundation of the country. Ingrained in the narrative of the flee from the Old Continent in search of religious tolerance, the idea of religious freedom is composed of two terms that have always had a major importance in how the citizens of the nation perceive themselves, their fundamental values, and the history of their country. During Donald Trump’s electoral campaign, organizations of the movement known as the Religious Right, engaged in the creation of a narrative of religious freedom under threat. This was employed in articles, newsletters, and speeches in an alarmist tone, increasingly apocalyptic as election day approached. The role reserved to Trump in the narrative was that of the only candidate who could have done something to preserve religious freedom. Acknowledging the preference accorded to him by several prominent pro-life and pro-family groups, Trump readily started to show his interested to conservative Christians’ grievances for their loss of status. The course will offer an overview of the evolution of an evangelical type of religion in the United States, followed by a presentation of material regarding the narrative of threat to religious freedom produced by the religious right, and interviews conducted with Christian Trump voters. Other topics will be: social imaginary, status politics, anti-intellectualism, and populism in America. close
14 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Wed, 2018-04-18 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-04-25 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-05-02 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-05-09 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-05-16 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-05-23 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-05-30 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-06-06 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-06-13 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-06-20 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-06-27 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-07-04 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-07-11 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-07-18 14:00 - 16:00