Sociologist of religion analyses strategies of the Christian Right
Austrian scholar Kristina Stoeckl, who teaches in Rome, spoke in Salzburg about the political instrumentalization of religion, attacks on minority rights and democracy, and the consequences of global culture wars. The transnational networking of Christian right-wing movements in Europe, their religious references, and political strategies were the focus of a lecture by sociologist of religion Kristina Stoeckl on Thursday evening at the University of Salzburg. "In particular, the role of religion in society and politics is to be renegotiated from the perspective of the Christian right, and the secularization of politics is to be reversed ," was Stoeckl's analysis. Cathcon: This platform clearly wants to exclude Catholicism from politics and stereotypes and scapegoats anyone who does support Catholicism as "far right". Christian right-wing actors and their networks are not concerned with isolated political influence, but rather with a fundamental change to the l...
