Evangelical Christianity Influence and Consequences on World Politics

you can also write a research paper (8 pages, double spaced, excluding first page and references). Make sure to have subheadings in the paper, know how to reference properly, use so
• I expect to see references both in the main body and at the end. This project represents the final submission in this course, so you need to take it seriously. It should include some reflection on the general course discussion (religion and politics, secularism, women’s agency, world politics/international society) by looking at a specific topic.
• I expect that you draw on the sources on the course outline for the general course discussions and for your specific topics.
• Topics should be taken from four case studies, but exceptions can be made on an individual basis.
• There should be some sense of structure/logic and coherence to the submission, and it should be clear and easy to look at if you choose any of the visual projects. Otherwise, the evaluation criteria for written assignments apply - depth of research; communication capacity … (see first section).
• All assignments need to have an appendix where you explain which databases you used in Frost library to find your sources and which combination of keywords.
All assignments are evaluated according to
• Do you have a point? (argument)
• Do you have a structure and development?
• Do you know how to communicate your findings? (if you are still learning English let me know). You may write in French;
• Do you know how to research in the library? Are your sources of high quality (peer reviewed articles, reputable online sources, books written by academics or serious journalists); Obviously a written assignment or presentation that relies on only one source is a problem but otherwise I cannot specify the number of sources.
• Are you able to cite correctly? Both in the text and at the end (I prefer author date system and APA). https://owl(dot)purdue(dot)edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/documents/APA%20Poster%2010.22.12.png
Important: if you cite a specific information, I expect the page number where you found the point. Otherwise, I cannot verify what you write. There are ways to cite sources without page numbers; learn them.
• Does the assignment reflect the course readings and course discussion?
• Did you include a title page/assignment information?
• Did you include page numbers?
• Is your paper well formatted?
The readings are really important but should not be use as the only references (really IMPORTANT )
Everybody has to read this:
• The Republican Party is a far-right party like the National Front in France, it is not a
center right party open to democratic compromise any more; one reason is the rise of evangelical Christianity as a core voter block https://www(dot)washingtonpost(dot)com/world/2021/02/16/trump-acquittal-question-multiparty- system/ And here is the academic back up for the argument (not required reading: Mann, T. E., & Ornstein, N. J. (2016). It's even worse than it looks: How the American constitutional system collided with the new politics of extremism . Basic Books. But Christians are not the only only problem: extremist businessmen are the other: Skocpol, T., & Hertel-Fernandez, A. (2016). The Koch network and republican party extremism. Perspectives on Politics, 14(3), 681.
• Gibbs, David. "9. Evangelical Christianity, Big Business, and the Resurgence of
, edited by Leerom Medovoi and Elizabeth Bentley, New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2021, pp. 207-222.
The emergence of this extremist party has had extremely problematic consequences for reproductive rights for women both domestically and globally (see Dreher 2020 chapter 6); or on democracy in the US as January 6th has shown; one needs to look at the theology behind it such as dominion theology or prosperity gospel; LGBTQ+ rights worldwide; Islamophobia; war on terror; Christian Zionism and Israel; critique of right- wing evangelical Christianity by progressive religious activists;
Here are some articles for specific aspects but I assume that with the readings and the class discussion you will be able through advanced research techniques to find more sources.
• Dreher 2020 chapter 3
• Marsden, D. L. (2013). For God's sake: the Christian right and US foreign policy . Zed
Books Ltd.. – good overall source contact your professor for access. (contains a chapter on climate change denial);
• Medovoi, Leerom. "Keyword: Fundamentalism". Religion, Secularism, and Political
Belonging, edited by Leerom Medovoi and Elizabeth Bentley, New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2021, pp. 147-154.
• Rieger, J. (2015). Christianity and Empire. Religion Compass, 9(8), 254–261.
• Rieger, J. (2010) Religion and Class Struggle: Transformations in Progressive
Theology in the United States and Some Implications for Race and Gender, Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion, 1 (5), 1-26. https://www(dot)raceandreligion(dot)com/JRER/Volume_1_%282010%29.html
• Christian Zionism thesis: Mearsheimer, John, and Stephen Walt. "The Israel Lobby." The
Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy: Insights and Evidence (2012): 89; (note this reference is incomplete); Critique of Christian Zionism thesis: Chomsky, N. (2006). The Israel Lobby?. ZNet. http://www. zcommunications. org/the-israel-lobby-by-noam- chomsky