Brendan Szendrő
Biographic Data
| ID | 4247872 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brendan Szendrő |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brendan |
| FAMILY NAME | Szendrő |
| SIGNATURE | SZENDRŐ B |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2967-4338 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Crowding Out the Market
How do governments’ policies toward religion impact the relationship between citizens and civil society? A large body of literature examines the effect of social capital on democratic governance. Studies of State Religious Policy, or SRP, however, have shown complex and potentially contradictory effects on different types of social capital. Focusing on participation as a particular aspect of social capital, I argue that both supportive and restri…
Defining the Contours of Religion, State, and Modernity
Who commits religious discrimination, and why? Recent findings at the country level show an inverse relationship between societal religiosity and social religious discrimination, but findings at the individual level show an increase in conservatism among religious practitioners. In this study, I seek to bridge the gap these levels with a novel framework of religious identity. I argue that the threat of secularism can cause religious communities t…
No Politics under God
The sudden and meteoric rise of Otzma Yehudit has attracted significant media attention but has thus far escaped the interest of scholars. The Kahanist faction Otzma Yehudit represents constitutes an anti-democratic movement that had previously been repressed by elites in both right and left-wing parties. How did the Kahanists successfully adapt to elite pressure and build legitimacy both with the public and in government? I argue that the Kahani…
Globalization and religious resurgence
Why does religion continue to emerge as a flashpoint in the age of secularization? Although models of religious resurgence suggest that religious cleavages are more prominent in the modern era, other models continue to show declining religious involvement. What is needed is a theory that can observe both resurgence and secularization at the same time. I argue that globalization—and the flow of people across borders, in particular—provokes a relig…
Globalization and religious resurgence
Why does religion continue to emerge as a flashpoint in the age of secularization? Although models of religious resurgence suggest that religious cleavages are more prominent in the modern era, other models continue to show declining religious involvement. What is needed is a theory that can observe both resurgence and secularization at the same time. I argue that globalization—and the flow of people across borders, in particular—provokes a relig…
Defining the Contours of Religion, State, and Modernity
Who commits religious discrimination, and why? Recent findings at the country level show an inverse relationship between societal religiosity and social religious discrimination, but findings at the individual level show an increase in conservatism among religious practitioners. In this study, I seek to bridge the gap these levels with a novel framework of religious identity. I argue that the threat of secularism can cause religious communities t…
No Politics under God
The sudden and meteoric rise of Otzma Yehudit has attracted significant media attention but has thus far escaped the interest of scholars. The Kahanist faction Otzma Yehudit represents constitutes an anti-democratic movement that had previously been repressed by elites in both right and left-wing parties. How did the Kahanists successfully adapt to elite pressure and build legitimacy both with the public and in government? I argue that the Kahani…
Globalization and religious resurgence
Why does religion continue to emerge as a flashpoint in the age of secularization? Although models of religious resurgence suggest that religious cleavages are more prominent in the modern era, other models continue to show declining religious involvement. What is needed is a theory that can observe both resurgence and secularization at the same time. I argue that globalization—and the flow of people across borders, in particular—provokes a relig…
Crowding Out the Market
How do governments’ policies toward religion impact the relationship between citizens and civil society? A large body of literature examines the effect of social capital on democratic governance. Studies of State Religious Policy, or SRP, however, have shown complex and potentially contradictory effects on different types of social capital. Focusing on participation as a particular aspect of social capital, I argue that both supportive and restri…
Religion and Society Interactions (3 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · State (computer science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Agricultural and Environmental Management (1 work) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work)