Patriotism, Nationalism, Illiberalism in Their Relation to Religion: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.

In so doing, they also address the question of whether there is an "elective affinity" between nationalism and religion but have to answer this negatively because similar phenomena can be found in cultural religion and within atheist groups. Religious Nationalism, Fundamentalism and the "Clash of Civilizations" Today, "political religions" largely implement the model of civilizational confrontation described by Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" concept, and often the leaders themselves recognize and are proud that they can implement the concept of such a great scholar like Samuel Huntington. Nationalism and Modernism: A Critical Survey of Recent Theories of Nations and Nationalism; Routledge: London and New York. According to Alfred Bustanov and Michael Kemper, "in spite of the state's attempt at defying globalization, Russia's Islam remains strongly shaped by global processes of individualization and the privatization of religion, which make religion a big marketplace for individual choices and bricolages" ([15]). [Extracted from the article]