A religious-nationalist movement can secularize while retaining religious roots
Evidence
Hamas in 1988 embraced resistance and declared itself as the Muslim Brotherhood branch in Palestine. As reflected in its charter, blending religion and resistance, religion was central and functional to its worldviews, social norms, politics, means of struggle, and the claim of Palestine, resulting in religionizing the Palestinian cause. But Hroub traces the profound changes the group underwent: its Palestinization, nationalization, and the transformative journey that led to changing its charter in May 2017. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 211
Categorization
- XREF: The May 2017 charter change is an instance of a sacralized movement de-sacralizing its claims — relevant to the reader’s question about what happens to threat-hardened movements when circumstances change. — connects to: Religion and nationalism are fused throughout secular Zionism, not only in religious nationalism. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 523; Nationalist worldliness structurally depends on the secular concept — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 943; The Christian nationalist movement is forward-looking activism, not nostalgia for tradition — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 22 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Nationalist worldliness structurally depends on the secular concept
#expands(0.80) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 943 - The Christian nationalist movement is forward-looking activism, not nostalgia for tradition
#expands(0.75) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 22 - Christian nationalism seeks power, not pluralistic cultural influence
#expands(0.70) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 26 - Christian nationalist strategy targets political leaders as force-multipliers for national evangelization
#expands(0.70) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 211