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- Title
Asymmetric conflation: QAnon and the political cooptation of religion.
- Authors
Foertsch, Steven; Chakraborty, Rudra; Joosse, Paul
- Abstract
QAnon is beginning to gain attention in scholarly circles, but these sources often disagree about how to categorize the movement. This amounts to the meta-dispute between those who view QAnon primarily as a religious "cult," and those who grant it greater credibility as a political populist movement. Using quantitative and qualitative methods we test the proposition that QAnon could be a mix of both. Results from both analyses suggest that QAnon is best understood primarily as a political populist movement, but one that utilizes religious rhetoric. The findings thus highlight the asymmetric nature of the conflation of religion and politics in the contemporary American civil sphere.
- Subjects
CONSPIRACY theories; CULTS; COOPTATION; POPULISM; RELIGIOUS behaviors; RELIGION &; politics
- Publication
Politics & Religion, 2024, Vol 17, Issue 1, p58
- ISSN
1755-0483
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1755048323000275