Abstract | In this article, I explore how nations without states, or “stateless nations” respond to new forms of religious diversity. Drawing on the cases of Quebec and Catalonia, I do so by tracing the historical emergence of the cultural narratives that are mobilized to support institutional responses to diversity and the way they bear on contemporary controversies. The article builds on recent research and theorizations of religious diversity and secularism, which it expands and specifies by spelling out how preexisting cultural anxieties stemming from fears over national survival are stored in collective memories and, if successfully mobilized, feed into responses to [...]
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