Fascism and Religion

Fascism And Religion

Neo-fascism and religion refers to debates about the relationships between neo-fascism and various religions.

Some scholars, using the term neo-fascism in its narrow sense, consider certain contemporary religious movements and groups to represent forms of clerical or theocratic neofascism, including Christian Identity in the United States; some militant forms of politicized Islamic fundamentalism; State Shinto as a political cult in Imperial Japan and some neopagan religions advocating white supremacism.

Read more about Fascism And Religion:  Christianity in The United States, Islam, Hindu Nationalism, Paganism and Esoteric Religions

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