David T Buckley
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 315676 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | David T Buckley |
| NOMBRES | David T |
| APELLIDO | Buckley |
| FIRMA | BUCKLEY D T |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Louisville |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6658-5425 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 160 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2005 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Protection at the Margins
Protection at the Margins is a ground-breaking account of how and why religious actors protect local communities from state-driven populist violence. Focusing on Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's notorious 'Drug War,' the book provides an intricate view of how religion, populism, and political violence interact on the ground. Drawing on original surveys of Catholic clergy, experiments with members of the Philippine National Police, spatial d…
Is religion the opiate of the digital masses? Religious authority, social media, and protest
There is a considerable body of research suggesting that social media may be a primary vehicle for both the dissemination of politically dissident information and for organizing protest activity in contexts of weak governance. Researchers are beginning to focus on building a more nuanced understanding of how new media shape these processes. Using original survey data from the Philippines, we offer the first large N individual level study to direc…
The Flag and The Cross
Religious Protection from Populist Violence
Populists often demonize outgroups while undermining institutions that protect citizens against the abuse of state power. Under these conditions, how can vulnerable communities protect themselves? We argue that actors coupling a normative commitment to human rights with the local organizational capacity to intervene can systematically reduce victimization. Focusing on the Philippine Catholic Church in the country's ongoing “drug war,” we identify…
Climate Politics and the Power of Religion
Christian Nationalism and Political Violence
How populists engage religion
Despite increasing interest in populism and religion, scholars generally lack a conceptual foundation to distinguish strategies through which populists integrate religion into mobilisation. We use the case of Rodrigo R. Duterte’s Philippines to derive a four-part typology of such interactions grounded in distinct dimensions of populism. This typology distinguishes causal mechanisms and clarifies how, even within a single country, populists may op…
Religious Elite Cues, Internal Division, and the Impact of Pope Francis' Laudato Si
What impact do cues from religious elites have on followers, particularly when religious communities are internally divided? Could religious elites promote internal consensus, or would their cues stoke further internal polarization? This article utilizes the release of Pope Francis's encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si', to explore these questions. A unique survey experiment, conducted on a nationally representative sample of Catholic voter…
Divine Diplomacy
A lot has changed in Foggy Bottom since Johnston and Sampson (1994) termed religion the missing dimension of statecraft. Multiple offices across the foreign policy bureaucracy now count “religion” within their remit. In Finding Faith in Foreign Policy, Bettiza definitively documents the proliferation of religion across the United States’ diplomatic bureaucracy in recent decades. In doing so, he sets the stage for taking up unresolved questions ab…
Teaching Religion and International Relations
The study of religion and international religions has witnessed an exponential growth in recent decades. Courses and programs exploring the complex entanglements between faith and global politics have likewise mushroomed around the world. Despite this ferment, reflections on teaching religion and international relations have so far lagged behind. This forum seeks to remedy this general silence. It brings together a diverse range of scholars from …
Religion–state relations and public opinion
Are levels of religion–state regulation associated with cross-national variation in attitudes related to the place of religion in public life? Data sources measuring both the institutional relationship between religion and state and public opinion on the political role of religion have significantly improved in recent years, but scholars have just begun to examine relationships between political institutions and public attitudes. This contributio…
In Rome We Trust
In May 2017, word leaked that White House press secretary Sean Spicer, reportedly an observant Catholic, had been snubbed from inclusion on the guest list to meet Pope Francis during President Donald Trump’s visit to the Vatican. The episode could serve as a cautionary coda to Manlio Graziano’s intriguing analysis of Catholicism’s relationship to the American project. On the one hand, as the volume ably documents, Catholics have moved into the ma…
Faithful to Secularism
In Faithful to Secularism, David T. Buckley develops the concept of “benevolent secularism” to describe institutions that combine a basic division of religion and state with extensive room for participation of religious actors in public life
Religious Change, Political Incentives, and Explaining Religious-Secular Relations in the United States and the Philippines
The interactions between religious and secular elites differ across societies, and those interactions may evolve differently even in the face of similarly controversial issues. What explains variation in relations between religious and secular elites in comparative settings? We highlight the links between religious change, political incentives, and the level of conflict or cooperation between religious and secular actors in public life. We illust…
Religious actors and constitution drafting
What strategies do religious elites pursue during potential regime transitions, and what explains this variation? A range of scholarship argues that religious groups, particularly Islamist movements, are prone to maximalist demands during potential transitions, particularly in moments of institutional indeterminacy like constitution drafting. In contrast, I distinguish two strategies open to religious elites in such periods: religious integralism…
Nations under God
Scholars of comparative democracy are still coming to terms with religion's global influence. Until recently, religious actors received little attention, whether due to assumptions about secularization or seemingly more compelling interests facing modern voters. Today, in contrast, scholars have “found religion” in democratic politics from South America to South Asia. This new attention is welcome, but it raises several challenging questions. Wha…
Demanding the Divine? Explaining Cross-National Support for Clerical Control of Politics
What explains cross-national variation in support for religious politics? More precisely, why do even observant believers show uneven demand for clerical control of politics? In contrast to theoretical alternatives, I argue that demand for clerical control of politics is a sign of relative weakness tied to low popular religious participation, which alters the risks and benefits of clerical political involvement. Two social mechanisms explain this…
Beyond the Secularism Trap
The Optional Preference? American Catholic Economic Advocacy and the Culture Wars
Has the Catholic preferential option for the poor become an optional preference in contemporary American Catholic advocacy? If so, why? Commentators on both the left and the right agree that the “culture wars,” particularly over abortion access, have come to trump economic advocacy among American Catholics. In the following, I refine this claim, testing several mechanisms by which the culture wars could have influenced Catholic economic advocacy.…
Citizenship, Multiculturalism and Cross-National Muslim Minority Public Opinion
Do institutions of citizenship shape public opinion among Muslims in the West? Pitched debates about the future of multiculturalism give strong theoretical reason to think that institutions would cause cross-national variation in minority opinion. Institutions set rules for national integration and communal recognition and send signals regarding social views of diversity. Testing these theorised links, however, requires two steps. First, careful …
God and Governance
In this article, we propose a new approach to an old question: How does development affect religion-state relations? We argue that because development increases states' ability to effectively formulate and implement policy, it will be associated with greater state regulation of religion. This stands in contrast to predominant theories that examine development's negative impact on individual religiosity while largely overlooking the impact that de…
The Great Decommission
The presence and participation of two local clergymen, Reverend Harold Good of the Methodist Church and Fr. Alex Reid of the Catholic Clonard Monastery, at the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning in Belfast shows that religious people can be engaged in public affairs while maintaining their integrity. Religious leaders who recognize the moral complexity of conflicts and who patiently build credibility at both grassroots and el…
Christian Nationalism and Political Violence
God and Governance
In this article, we propose a new approach to an old question: How does development affect religion-state relations? We argue that because development increases states' ability to effectively formulate and implement policy, it will be associated with greater state regulation of religion. This stands in contrast to predominant theories that examine development's negative impact on individual religiosity while largely overlooking the impact that de…
Demanding the Divine? Explaining Cross-National Support for Clerical Control of Politics
What explains cross-national variation in support for religious politics? More precisely, why do even observant believers show uneven demand for clerical control of politics? In contrast to theoretical alternatives, I argue that demand for clerical control of politics is a sign of relative weakness tied to low popular religious participation, which alters the risks and benefits of clerical political involvement. Two social mechanisms explain this…
Beyond the Secularism Trap
Religious Elite Cues, Internal Division, and the Impact of Pope Francis' Laudato Si
What impact do cues from religious elites have on followers, particularly when religious communities are internally divided? Could religious elites promote internal consensus, or would their cues stoke further internal polarization? This article utilizes the release of Pope Francis's encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si', to explore these questions. A unique survey experiment, conducted on a nationally representative sample of Catholic voter…
How populists engage religion
Despite increasing interest in populism and religion, scholars generally lack a conceptual foundation to distinguish strategies through which populists integrate religion into mobilisation. We use the case of Rodrigo R. Duterte’s Philippines to derive a four-part typology of such interactions grounded in distinct dimensions of populism. This typology distinguishes causal mechanisms and clarifies how, even within a single country, populists may op…
Religious Protection from Populist Violence
Populists often demonize outgroups while undermining institutions that protect citizens against the abuse of state power. Under these conditions, how can vulnerable communities protect themselves? We argue that actors coupling a normative commitment to human rights with the local organizational capacity to intervene can systematically reduce victimization. Focusing on the Philippine Catholic Church in the country's ongoing “drug war,” we identify…
Religion–state relations and public opinion
Are levels of religion–state regulation associated with cross-national variation in attitudes related to the place of religion in public life? Data sources measuring both the institutional relationship between religion and state and public opinion on the political role of religion have significantly improved in recent years, but scholars have just begun to examine relationships between political institutions and public attitudes. This contributio…
Religious Change, Political Incentives, and Explaining Religious-Secular Relations in the United States and the Philippines
The interactions between religious and secular elites differ across societies, and those interactions may evolve differently even in the face of similarly controversial issues. What explains variation in relations between religious and secular elites in comparative settings? We highlight the links between religious change, political incentives, and the level of conflict or cooperation between religious and secular actors in public life. We illust…
Citizenship, Multiculturalism and Cross-National Muslim Minority Public Opinion
Do institutions of citizenship shape public opinion among Muslims in the West? Pitched debates about the future of multiculturalism give strong theoretical reason to think that institutions would cause cross-national variation in minority opinion. Institutions set rules for national integration and communal recognition and send signals regarding social views of diversity. Testing these theorised links, however, requires two steps. First, careful …
Religious actors and constitution drafting
What strategies do religious elites pursue during potential regime transitions, and what explains this variation? A range of scholarship argues that religious groups, particularly Islamist movements, are prone to maximalist demands during potential transitions, particularly in moments of institutional indeterminacy like constitution drafting. In contrast, I distinguish two strategies open to religious elites in such periods: religious integralism…
The Great Decommission
The presence and participation of two local clergymen, Reverend Harold Good of the Methodist Church and Fr. Alex Reid of the Catholic Clonard Monastery, at the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning in Belfast shows that religious people can be engaged in public affairs while maintaining their integrity. Religious leaders who recognize the moral complexity of conflicts and who patiently build credibility at both grassroots and el…
The Optional Preference? American Catholic Economic Advocacy and the Culture Wars
Has the Catholic preferential option for the poor become an optional preference in contemporary American Catholic advocacy? If so, why? Commentators on both the left and the right agree that the “culture wars,” particularly over abortion access, have come to trump economic advocacy among American Catholics. In the following, I refine this claim, testing several mechanisms by which the culture wars could have influenced Catholic economic advocacy.…
Citizenship, Multiculturalism and Cross-National Muslim Minority Public Opinion
Do institutions of citizenship shape public opinion among Muslims in the West? Pitched debates about the future of multiculturalism give strong theoretical reason to think that institutions would cause cross-national variation in minority opinion. Institutions set rules for national integration and communal recognition and send signals regarding social views of diversity. Testing these theorised links, however, requires two steps. First, careful …
God and Governance
In this article, we propose a new approach to an old question: How does development affect religion-state relations? We argue that because development increases states' ability to effectively formulate and implement policy, it will be associated with greater state regulation of religion. This stands in contrast to predominant theories that examine development's negative impact on individual religiosity while largely overlooking the impact that de…
Beyond the Secularism Trap
Religious actors and constitution drafting
What strategies do religious elites pursue during potential regime transitions, and what explains this variation? A range of scholarship argues that religious groups, particularly Islamist movements, are prone to maximalist demands during potential transitions, particularly in moments of institutional indeterminacy like constitution drafting. In contrast, I distinguish two strategies open to religious elites in such periods: religious integralism…
Nations under God
Scholars of comparative democracy are still coming to terms with religion's global influence. Until recently, religious actors received little attention, whether due to assumptions about secularization or seemingly more compelling interests facing modern voters. Today, in contrast, scholars have “found religion” in democratic politics from South America to South Asia. This new attention is welcome, but it raises several challenging questions. Wha…
Demanding the Divine? Explaining Cross-National Support for Clerical Control of Politics
What explains cross-national variation in support for religious politics? More precisely, why do even observant believers show uneven demand for clerical control of politics? In contrast to theoretical alternatives, I argue that demand for clerical control of politics is a sign of relative weakness tied to low popular religious participation, which alters the risks and benefits of clerical political involvement. Two social mechanisms explain this…
Faithful to Secularism
In Faithful to Secularism, David T. Buckley develops the concept of “benevolent secularism” to describe institutions that combine a basic division of religion and state with extensive room for participation of religious actors in public life
Religious Change, Political Incentives, and Explaining Religious-Secular Relations in the United States and the Philippines
The interactions between religious and secular elites differ across societies, and those interactions may evolve differently even in the face of similarly controversial issues. What explains variation in relations between religious and secular elites in comparative settings? We highlight the links between religious change, political incentives, and the level of conflict or cooperation between religious and secular actors in public life. We illust…
Religion–state relations and public opinion
Are levels of religion–state regulation associated with cross-national variation in attitudes related to the place of religion in public life? Data sources measuring both the institutional relationship between religion and state and public opinion on the political role of religion have significantly improved in recent years, but scholars have just begun to examine relationships between political institutions and public attitudes. This contributio…
In Rome We Trust
In May 2017, word leaked that White House press secretary Sean Spicer, reportedly an observant Catholic, had been snubbed from inclusion on the guest list to meet Pope Francis during President Donald Trump’s visit to the Vatican. The episode could serve as a cautionary coda to Manlio Graziano’s intriguing analysis of Catholicism’s relationship to the American project. On the one hand, as the volume ably documents, Catholics have moved into the ma…
Teaching Religion and International Relations
The study of religion and international religions has witnessed an exponential growth in recent decades. Courses and programs exploring the complex entanglements between faith and global politics have likewise mushroomed around the world. Despite this ferment, reflections on teaching religion and international relations have so far lagged behind. This forum seeks to remedy this general silence. It brings together a diverse range of scholars from …
Divine Diplomacy
A lot has changed in Foggy Bottom since Johnston and Sampson (1994) termed religion the missing dimension of statecraft. Multiple offices across the foreign policy bureaucracy now count “religion” within their remit. In Finding Faith in Foreign Policy, Bettiza definitively documents the proliferation of religion across the United States’ diplomatic bureaucracy in recent decades. In doing so, he sets the stage for taking up unresolved questions ab…
Climate Politics and the Power of Religion
Christian Nationalism and Political Violence
How populists engage religion
Despite increasing interest in populism and religion, scholars generally lack a conceptual foundation to distinguish strategies through which populists integrate religion into mobilisation. We use the case of Rodrigo R. Duterte’s Philippines to derive a four-part typology of such interactions grounded in distinct dimensions of populism. This typology distinguishes causal mechanisms and clarifies how, even within a single country, populists may op…
Religious Elite Cues, Internal Division, and the Impact of Pope Francis' Laudato Si
What impact do cues from religious elites have on followers, particularly when religious communities are internally divided? Could religious elites promote internal consensus, or would their cues stoke further internal polarization? This article utilizes the release of Pope Francis's encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si', to explore these questions. A unique survey experiment, conducted on a nationally representative sample of Catholic voter…
Is religion the opiate of the digital masses? Religious authority, social media, and protest
There is a considerable body of research suggesting that social media may be a primary vehicle for both the dissemination of politically dissident information and for organizing protest activity in contexts of weak governance. Researchers are beginning to focus on building a more nuanced understanding of how new media shape these processes. Using original survey data from the Philippines, we offer the first large N individual level study to direc…
The Flag and The Cross
Religious Protection from Populist Violence
Populists often demonize outgroups while undermining institutions that protect citizens against the abuse of state power. Under these conditions, how can vulnerable communities protect themselves? We argue that actors coupling a normative commitment to human rights with the local organizational capacity to intervene can systematically reduce victimization. Focusing on the Philippine Catholic Church in the country's ongoing “drug war,” we identify…
Protection at the Margins
Protection at the Margins is a ground-breaking account of how and why religious actors protect local communities from state-driven populist violence. Focusing on Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's notorious 'Drug War,' the book provides an intricate view of how religion, populism, and political violence interact on the ground. Drawing on original surveys of Catholic clergy, experiments with members of the Philippine National Police, spatial d…
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