{"id":35955,"date":"2019-02-13T15:27:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T20:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/?post_type=profile&p=35955"},"modified":"2024-07-01T14:23:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T18:23:55","slug":"christopher-rhodes","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/profile\/christopher-rhodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Rhodes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teaching Interests<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Comparative politics, international relations, American politics, identity, African studies, religion and politics, cross-cultural communications<\/p>\n

Research Interests<\/h3>\n

Political economy of religion, identity and politics, African politics, organizational behavior and political activities<\/p>\n

Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Book Manuscripts<\/u><\/p>\n

Evangelical Violence: Christian Nationalism, the Great Commission and a Millennium of \u201cHoly\u201d Warfare. <\/em>London: <\/em>Routledge. (forthcoming, 2025)<\/p>\n

Christopher Rhodes and George Soroka (eds.), Conflict, Politics, and the Christian East: Assessing Contemporary Developments<\/em><\/span>. London: Routledge. (2021). <\/span><\/p>\n

Us, You and Them: A Journey Through the History of Race, Division and Identity (<\/em>in progress)<\/p>\n

Academic Articles, Chapters and Journal Issues<\/u><\/p>\n

Rhodes, Christopher. \u201c(Un)locking the Church Doors: Regime Legitimacy and Political (De)Mobilisation of Churches in Ethiopia.\u201d Religion, State and Society<\/em> 2020.<\/p>\n

Rhodes, Christopher and Soroka, George. \u201cAn Introduction to Conflict, Politics, and the Christian East: Towards a Theoretical Typology.\u201d Religion, State and Society<\/em> 2020.<\/p>\n

Rhodes, Christopher. \u201cEvangelical Violence: Western Christianity and the Use of Force against the Third World” in Randolph B. Persaud and Narendran Kumarakulasingam, Eds., Violence and the Third World in International Relations.<\/em> Routledge, 2019.<\/p>\n

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  • Rhodes, Christopher. \u201cEvangelical Violence: Western Christianity and the Use of Force against the Third World” Third World Quarterly<\/em>(2019).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Op-ed\/Opinion Articles<\/u><\/p>\n

    \u201cThe Feminizing of Fascism in Europe.\u201d Boston Globe<\/em>. April 21, 2022.<\/p>\n

    \u201cHow Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Tore Ethiopia Apart.\u201d Washington Post<\/em>. Nov 8, 2021.<\/p>\n

    Fiction<\/u><\/p>\n

    TEN (A political science fiction comic)<\/p>\n

    Selected Conference Presentations<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    \u201cThe Law and the Prophets: Religion, Law & Politics in 21st Century Africa\u201d<\/p>\n

    Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference. 2017.<\/p>\n

    Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture Annual Conference. 2017. (Panel Chair, \u201cSociological Studies of Religious Groups.\u201d\u2028)<\/p>\n

    \u201cReligion, Politics and Law: Lessons from the Kenya 2010 Referendum\u201d<\/p>\n

    American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. 2015<\/p>\n

    \u201cPolitical Christianity: Influences of Internal Characteristics and External Context on Church Political Activity\u201d<\/p>\n

    Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference. 2012.<\/p>\n

    Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics and Society 2ND Annual Graduate Student Workshop. Chapman University. 2013.<\/p>\n

    Professional Activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Lecturer in Government at Harvard University<\/p>\n

    Political Writer for Blavity News<\/p>\n

    Columnist for Al Jazeera<\/p>\n

    Guest Editor, Politics and Religion<\/em>. Special Issue: Contemporary Authoritarianism and Christianity (forthcoming, 2024)<\/p>\n

    Guest Editor, Religion, State and Society<\/em>. Special Issue: Conflict, Politics, and the Christian East: Assessing Contemporary Developments. 2020.<\/p>\n

    Media appearances: MSNBC, Asharq News Channel (Dubai), Blavity News (Facebook Live stream), Sky News (London)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13125,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13125"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47873,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35955\/revisions\/47873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}