Religion, Authoritarianism and Genocide GAW2026 Day 2

About the Speakers:
Kate Temoney, PhD, is an Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Religion, and Special Advisor to the Provost on Interdisciplinary Initiatives at Montclair State University. She is a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Committee on Religion and the Holocaust and an Editor for “Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal.” Her scholarship examines the intersections of religion, human rights, genocide, and theory of history.

Kyle Jantzen is the Dean of Arts & Science at Ambrose University in Calgary, Canada. He is Professor of History, specializing in the relationship between church and state in Nazi Germany. His research extends to Christian responses to the Holocaust and the wider subject of religion and nationalism.

The theme of GAW 2026 is to examine some of the ways in which the global retreat from democracy and new authoritarianism connect with historic and contemporary cases of genocide. In the present era, the world is experiencing a resurgence in extremism, exclusionary nationalism, and authoritarianism. At the same time, democracies, even longstanding, stable ones, have experienced erosion and backsliding in democratic processes, practices, and institutions. These trends are highly concerning given that authoritarian states are particularly prone to genocide and mass violence.

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