Religious Right

Christian Right
The Christian right is a term used predominantly in the United States of America to describe a spectrum of right-wing Christian political and social movements and organizations characterized by their strong support of conservative social and political values. The politically active social movement of the Christian right includes individuals from a wide variety of theological beliefs, ranging from moderately traditional movements within Lutheranism and Catholicism to theologically more conservative movements such as Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism and Fundamentalist Christianity.[1]

The terms Christian right and Religious right are often used interchangeably, although the terms are not synonymous. Religious right can refer to any religiously motivated conservative movement, whether specific to one religion or shared across religious lines. For example, conservative Christians, Muslim social conservatives, and Orthodox Jews cooperate in national and international projects through the World Congress of Families and United Nations NGO gatherings. Christian right on the other hand refers to only the Christian segment of the Religious right and includes leaders who are outspoken critics of radical Islam and other faiths, regardless of their political leanings. [2]

Hindu Nationalism
Hindu nationalism is a nationalist ideology that sees the modern state of the Republic of India as a Hindu polity [1] (”Hindu Rashtra”), and seeks to preserve the Hindu heritage and opposes preferential treatment for Muslims and Christians. Although the concept of “Hindu Rashtra” has been used in slogans and pamphlets of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the main group that promotes this ideology, it has not been clearly and unambiguously defined in any of their literature. The notion of “Hindu principles” (Hindutva) promoted by this group is intended to be inclusive of the multiple indigenous traditions of India, including Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. However these religions do not consider themselves to be Hindu. Hindu nationalism has played a crucial role in the recent history of India and that of Hinduism.[3]

Islamism (Islam+ism; Arabic: al-’isl?miyya) is a set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only a religion but also a political system; that Muslims must return to their roots of their religion, and unite politically. On a ideological scale, parties that identify as or are identified as “Islamist” tend to be located right of center or in the far right.

Central figures of modern Islamism include Muhammad Iqbal, Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, Abul Ala Maududi, Sayyid Qutb and Ayatollah Khomeini.[4]

The term Jewish right refers to Jews who identify with or support right-wing or conservative causes. The Jewish right is not a monolithic designation. Its application ranges from advocacy of religious morals to conservative politics.[5]

Millenarianism
Millenarianism (sometimes spelled millenarism or millennarism) is the belief by a religious, social, or political group or movement in a coming major transformation of society after which all things will be changed in a positive (or sometimes negative or ambiguous) direction. Millennialism is a specific form of Millenarianism based on a one thousand year cycle, and this form is especially significant within Christianity.[6]
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[1] Wikipedia
[2] ibid
[3] ibid
[4] ibid
[5] ibid
[6] ibid

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