Lee Marsden
Biographic Data
| ID | 291724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lee Marsden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lee |
| FAMILY NAME | Marsden |
| SIGNATURE | MARSDEN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of East Anglia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9381-9036 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Economic martyrs and moralised others
This article describes the key findings of a study which critically analyses the construction of social class within UK media during the period 2010–2016 – part of the ‘age of austerity’. Focusing upon 240 newspaper articles covering six topics (emergency budget, welfare reform, workfare, bedroom tax, food banks and zero-hour contracts), the study provides critical insights into how class is constructed in an important context: namely that of eco…
That still goes on, doesn't it, in their religion?’ British values, Islam and vernacular discourse
This article explores ‘everyday’ or ‘vernacular’ conceptions of Muslims, Islam and their relationship to ‘British values’. Drawing on original data from focus groups in the East of England, it argues that the relationship is typically constructed around a series of binary pairings. Where Islam is held to be traditional, conservative, pious and outmoded, British values are seen as progressive, liberal, secular and modern. This opposition matters f…
International Religious Freedom Promotion and US Foreign Policy
The freedom to practice one's religious belief is a fundamental human right and yet, for millions of people around the world, this right is denied. Yearly reports produced by the US State Department, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, Open Doors International, Aid to the Church in Need and Release International reveal a disturbing picture of increased religious persecution across much of the world conducted at individual…
Researching 'British [Muslim] Values
This article reflects on methodological decisions, strategies, and challenges from a recent interdisciplinary project on the relationship between 'British values' and Islam. The project employed digital storytelling to access 'everyday' conceptions and constructions of this contentious relationship. The research was undertaken by participant researchers recruited from Muslim communities in the UK's East Anglia region, working with academics from …
Public conceptions and constructions of ‘British values’
This article draws on original focus group research to explore constructions of ‘British values’, in ‘everyday’ discourse. Two prominent, yet competing conceptions of this term are identified: political/institutional and social/cultural. Although each of these conceptions risks essentialising ‘British values’, this risk is mitigated by publics in at least three ways: (1) explicit recognition of the term’s ambiguities; (2) discussion of its politi…
Religion
This chapter examines the influence of religion on US foreign policy. It first considers how religion affected American policy during the Cold War, from the time of Harry S. Truman to George H. W. Bush, before discussing the bilateral relationship between Israel and the United States. It then looks at the rise of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a US-based interest group, and how its work has been complemented by conservative…
The Golden Rule
The Charter for Compassion has been signed by over two million people from around the world and partnered with hundreds of interfaith organizations and cities seeking to put into practice the Golden Rule, common to the main faith traditions, of doing unto others as you would be done by. This article sets the Charter within the context of a post secular international society and faith-based diplomacy, in which religious interreligious initiatives …
Religion, Conflict and Military Intervention
Contents: Introduction, Rosemary Durward and Lee Marsden Part 1 Religion and Conflict: Islamism and neo-fundamentalism, Kunal Mukherjee God, the state and war, Rosemary Durward. Part 2 Religious Influences on Military Intervention: Religiously-motivated political violence in Iraq, Rebecca Glazier God, war and Iraq, Lee Marsden Trust me! Jesus would go to war too, Sandy Mergenschroer-Livingston. Part 3 Disentangling Religion from Politics: Coercin…
Media, Religion and Conflict
Contents: Foreword: the new Left and the old Far Right, Nick Cohen Introduction: media, religion and conflict, Lee Marsden and Heather Savigny 'Islamic terrorism' and the repression of the political, Justin Lewis, Paul Mason and Kerry Moore Is the BBC biased? The Corporation and the coverage of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war, Ivor Gabor and Lisa Thomas Islam as a threat? Problematisation of Muslims in the mass media and effects on the political s…
Religion, Conflict and Military Intervention
Faith-based Diplomacy
Religion is becoming an increasingly important factor for theorists and policy makers alike in the consideration of United States foreign policy. In recent years a new school of faith-based diplomacy advocacy has emerged and begun to resonate with foreign policy practitioners. This article examines the efficacy of such faith-based approaches to foreign policy problems with a religious component and argues that such an approach is inherently flawe…
For God's Sake
The Ashgate research companion to religion and conflict resolution
Freedom from Religion
Journal Article Freedom from Religion Get access Freedom from Religion. By Amos Guiora. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 174pp. $85.00. Lee Marsden Lee Marsden University of East AngliaUnited Kingdom [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 54, Issue 3, Summer 2012, Pages 455–457, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/css074 Published: 17 July 2012
Bush, Obama and a faith-based US foreign policy
In a calculated move to appeal to his core constituency during his first term, President George W. Bush launched domestic and international faith-based initiatives designed to leverage public finance for religious groupings to carry out social and welfare functions formerly performed by government or secular organizations. In December 2002 the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (CFBCI) was extended to the United States Agency for In…
Religion, identity and American power in the age of Obama
Irish political studies reader
Superpower
Promoting Democracy in Northern Ireland
Researching 'British [Muslim] Values
This article reflects on methodological decisions, strategies, and challenges from a recent interdisciplinary project on the relationship between 'British values' and Islam. The project employed digital storytelling to access 'everyday' conceptions and constructions of this contentious relationship. The research was undertaken by participant researchers recruited from Muslim communities in the UK's East Anglia region, working with academics from …
Bush, Obama and a faith-based US foreign policy
In a calculated move to appeal to his core constituency during his first term, President George W. Bush launched domestic and international faith-based initiatives designed to leverage public finance for religious groupings to carry out social and welfare functions formerly performed by government or secular organizations. In December 2002 the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (CFBCI) was extended to the United States Agency for In…
International Religious Freedom Promotion and US Foreign Policy
The freedom to practice one's religious belief is a fundamental human right and yet, for millions of people around the world, this right is denied. Yearly reports produced by the US State Department, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, Open Doors International, Aid to the Church in Need and Release International reveal a disturbing picture of increased religious persecution across much of the world conducted at individual…
That still goes on, doesn't it, in their religion?’ British values, Islam and vernacular discourse
This article explores ‘everyday’ or ‘vernacular’ conceptions of Muslims, Islam and their relationship to ‘British values’. Drawing on original data from focus groups in the East of England, it argues that the relationship is typically constructed around a series of binary pairings. Where Islam is held to be traditional, conservative, pious and outmoded, British values are seen as progressive, liberal, secular and modern. This opposition matters f…
Public conceptions and constructions of ‘British values’
This article draws on original focus group research to explore constructions of ‘British values’, in ‘everyday’ discourse. Two prominent, yet competing conceptions of this term are identified: political/institutional and social/cultural. Although each of these conceptions risks essentialising ‘British values’, this risk is mitigated by publics in at least three ways: (1) explicit recognition of the term’s ambiguities; (2) discussion of its politi…
Faith-based Diplomacy
Religion is becoming an increasingly important factor for theorists and policy makers alike in the consideration of United States foreign policy. In recent years a new school of faith-based diplomacy advocacy has emerged and begun to resonate with foreign policy practitioners. This article examines the efficacy of such faith-based approaches to foreign policy problems with a religious component and argues that such an approach is inherently flawe…
Religion, identity and American power in the age of Obama
Promoting Democracy in Northern Ireland
Promoting Democracy in Northern Ireland
Superpower
Irish political studies reader
Religion, identity and American power in the age of Obama
The Ashgate research companion to religion and conflict resolution
Freedom from Religion
Journal Article Freedom from Religion Get access Freedom from Religion. By Amos Guiora. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 174pp. $85.00. Lee Marsden Lee Marsden University of East AngliaUnited Kingdom [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 54, Issue 3, Summer 2012, Pages 455–457, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/css074 Published: 17 July 2012
Bush, Obama and a faith-based US foreign policy
In a calculated move to appeal to his core constituency during his first term, President George W. Bush launched domestic and international faith-based initiatives designed to leverage public finance for religious groupings to carry out social and welfare functions formerly performed by government or secular organizations. In December 2002 the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (CFBCI) was extended to the United States Agency for In…
For God's Sake
Faith-based Diplomacy
Religion is becoming an increasingly important factor for theorists and policy makers alike in the consideration of United States foreign policy. In recent years a new school of faith-based diplomacy advocacy has emerged and begun to resonate with foreign policy practitioners. This article examines the efficacy of such faith-based approaches to foreign policy problems with a religious component and argues that such an approach is inherently flawe…
Religion, Conflict and Military Intervention
Contents: Introduction, Rosemary Durward and Lee Marsden Part 1 Religion and Conflict: Islamism and neo-fundamentalism, Kunal Mukherjee God, the state and war, Rosemary Durward. Part 2 Religious Influences on Military Intervention: Religiously-motivated political violence in Iraq, Rebecca Glazier God, war and Iraq, Lee Marsden Trust me! Jesus would go to war too, Sandy Mergenschroer-Livingston. Part 3 Disentangling Religion from Politics: Coercin…
Media, Religion and Conflict
Contents: Foreword: the new Left and the old Far Right, Nick Cohen Introduction: media, religion and conflict, Lee Marsden and Heather Savigny 'Islamic terrorism' and the repression of the political, Justin Lewis, Paul Mason and Kerry Moore Is the BBC biased? The Corporation and the coverage of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war, Ivor Gabor and Lisa Thomas Islam as a threat? Problematisation of Muslims in the mass media and effects on the political s…
Religion, Conflict and Military Intervention
Religion
This chapter examines the influence of religion on US foreign policy. It first considers how religion affected American policy during the Cold War, from the time of Harry S. Truman to George H. W. Bush, before discussing the bilateral relationship between Israel and the United States. It then looks at the rise of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a US-based interest group, and how its work has been complemented by conservative…
The Golden Rule
The Charter for Compassion has been signed by over two million people from around the world and partnered with hundreds of interfaith organizations and cities seeking to put into practice the Golden Rule, common to the main faith traditions, of doing unto others as you would be done by. This article sets the Charter within the context of a post secular international society and faith-based diplomacy, in which religious interreligious initiatives …
Public conceptions and constructions of ‘British values’
This article draws on original focus group research to explore constructions of ‘British values’, in ‘everyday’ discourse. Two prominent, yet competing conceptions of this term are identified: political/institutional and social/cultural. Although each of these conceptions risks essentialising ‘British values’, this risk is mitigated by publics in at least three ways: (1) explicit recognition of the term’s ambiguities; (2) discussion of its politi…
International Religious Freedom Promotion and US Foreign Policy
The freedom to practice one's religious belief is a fundamental human right and yet, for millions of people around the world, this right is denied. Yearly reports produced by the US State Department, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, Open Doors International, Aid to the Church in Need and Release International reveal a disturbing picture of increased religious persecution across much of the world conducted at individual…
Researching 'British [Muslim] Values
This article reflects on methodological decisions, strategies, and challenges from a recent interdisciplinary project on the relationship between 'British values' and Islam. The project employed digital storytelling to access 'everyday' conceptions and constructions of this contentious relationship. The research was undertaken by participant researchers recruited from Muslim communities in the UK's East Anglia region, working with academics from …
Economic martyrs and moralised others
This article describes the key findings of a study which critically analyses the construction of social class within UK media during the period 2010–2016 – part of the ‘age of austerity’. Focusing upon 240 newspaper articles covering six topics (emergency budget, welfare reform, workfare, bedroom tax, food banks and zero-hour contracts), the study provides critical insights into how class is constructed in an important context: namely that of eco…
That still goes on, doesn't it, in their religion?’ British values, Islam and vernacular discourse
This article explores ‘everyday’ or ‘vernacular’ conceptions of Muslims, Islam and their relationship to ‘British values’. Drawing on original data from focus groups in the East of England, it argues that the relationship is typically constructed around a series of binary pairings. Where Islam is held to be traditional, conservative, pious and outmoded, British values are seen as progressive, liberal, secular and modern. This opposition matters f…
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