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Hijack or release? On the heuristic limits of the frame of instrumentalization of religion for discussing the entanglements of populism, religion, and gender

Pages 483-499 | Received 30 Sep 2020, Accepted 02 Nov 2021, Published online: 15 Nov 2021

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