Articles by Frédéric Strack

September 12, 2024

Religious America: Democratic and Republican conceptions

Frédéric Strack

In the 2024 US presidential campaign, neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump are making religion an issue. Yet, argues Frédéric Strack, religion plays a significant role in differentiating the Republican and Democratic approaches to politics, as reflected in this summer’s Republican and Democratic National Conventions.

Frédéric Strack

Postdoctoral Researcher, Université de Sherbrooke

Frédéric's work focuses on the public regulation of fundamentalist religion in Europe and North America.

He is particularly interested in the collective action strategies of religious minorities and the reconfiguration of notions of secularism and laïcité.

Frédéric's doctoral thesis focused on Orthodox Jews in France.

His publications include an article in the journal Social Compass.

Frédéric contributed a chapter to the book When Politics Meets Religion, published by Routledge in 2024.

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