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Populism is a buzzword, both inside and outside the academy. An interdisciplinary and international conference held at the University of Edinburgh in 2019 sparked the idea for this volume. With the papers delivered at the conference in mind, we set out to bring together scholars who draw on political theology in order to uncover what hides behind the buzzword of populism. Doubtlessly, the public and political debates covered in this volume will have changed by the time it is published. But the arguments and analyses presented in the chapters that follow might be—or so we hope—constructive beyond our current political predicament. Concentrating on populist politics in European and American contexts, this volume aims to start a conversation about the significance of theologies for the public square and of the public square for theologies. The contributors connect scholarship from comparative perspectives that facilitate inter-religious studies, coalitional perspectives that foster inter-religious solidarities, and critical perspectives that re-formulate theology as a resource for contemporary politics. Hence, we are delighted to present these contributions as the first volume in the new series Political and Public Theologies: Comparisons – Coalitions – Critiques.

This volume would not have been possible without the support of the Henry Luce Foundation’s Fund for Theological Education, the Christian-Muslim Studies Network, and the Centre for Theology and Public Issues at the University of Edinburgh. We are grateful for their generosity. We thank Lucy Schouten for her calm and careful support in organizing the conference that inspired this volume. Samuel Nwokoro has indexed it. We are grateful for his support. Thanks are also due to the contributors who finished their chapters in challenging times. Tessel Jonquière and Ingrid Heijckers-Velt at Brill have supported us from the moment we came up with the idea for this volume. We are grateful for their patience with us.

Ulrich Schmiedel and Joshua Ralston

Edinburgh, January 2021

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The Spirit of Populism

Political Theologies in Polarized Times

Series:  Political and Public Theologies, Volume: 1

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