Clerical fascism

Clerical fascism is an ideological construct that combines the political and economic doctrines of fascism with theology or religious tradition. The term has been used to describe organisations and movements that combine religious elements with fascism, support by religious organisations for fascism, or fascist regimes in which clergy play a leading role. For Catholic clerical fascism, the term Catholic integralism is sometimes used, though Catholic integralism does not necessarily go together with fascism.

Related Topics:
Fascism - Theology - Catholic - Integralism

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Examples of dictatorships or political movements involving elements of clerical fascism include those of Antonio Salazar in Portugal, Engelbert Dollfuss in Austria, Jozef Tiso in Slovakia, Ante Pavelic and the Ustashe in Croatia, Miklos Horthy in Hungary, the Iron Guard movement in Romania, and the government of Vichy France. The regime of Francisco Franco Bahamonde in Spain had nacionalcatolicismo as part of its ideology. It has been described by some as clerical fascist, especially after the decline in influence of the Falange beginning in the mid-1940s. With the exception of the Croation Ustashe movement, scholars debate which other examples in this list should be dubbed, without reservation, clerical fascist.

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Dictatorship - Antonio Salazar - Portugal - Engelbert Dollfuss - Austria - Jozef Tiso - Slovakia - Ante Pavelic - Ustashe - Croatia - Miklos Horthy - Hungary - Iron Guard - Romania - Vichy France - Francisco Franco Bahamonde - Spain - Nacionalcatolicismo - Falange - 1940s

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Some scholars consider certain contemporary movements to be forms of clerical fascism, including Christian Identity and possibly Christian Reconstructionism in the United States; some militant forms of politicized Islamic fundamentalism; and militant Hindu nationalism in India (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh / Bharatiya Janata Party).

Related Topics:
Christian Identity - Christian Reconstructionism - Islamic fundamentalism - Hindu nationalism - India - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh - Bharatiya Janata

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