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<p>The biopolitics of identity-centered religious movements has been a primary source of conspiracy theories in recent decades. This paper explores the shared characteristics of three examples of identity-centered religious and political movements with biopolitical agendas from three different parts of the world: Christian nationalism in the United States, Hindu nationalism in India, and political Islam in Iran. All these political religious movements rely on and advocate for pro-fertility norms and lifestyles, propagate health disinformation and conspiracy theories, and pursue political power to promote their biopolitical agendas. During the COVID-19 pandemic it became evident that such biopolitical agendas and their conspiracy theories can become popular and cause severe damage. Civil society and bioethical institutions can address this issue as a part of the problems posed by infodemics, resulting from the propagation of disinformation and conspiracy theories at local, national, and global levels.</p>

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Conspiracy theory as a component of religious biopolitics

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    2026年4月22日

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  • Kiarash Aramesh,
  • Federico Germani,
  • Giovanni Spitale

摘要

The biopolitics of identity-centered religious movements has been a primary source of conspiracy theories in recent decades. This paper explores the shared characteristics of three examples of identity-centered religious and political movements with biopolitical agendas from three different parts of the world: Christian nationalism in the United States, Hindu nationalism in India, and political Islam in Iran. All these political religious movements rely on and advocate for pro-fertility norms and lifestyles, propagate health disinformation and conspiracy theories, and pursue political power to promote their biopolitical agendas. During the COVID-19 pandemic it became evident that such biopolitical agendas and their conspiracy theories can become popular and cause severe damage. Civil society and bioethical institutions can address this issue as a part of the problems posed by infodemics, resulting from the propagation of disinformation and conspiracy theories at local, national, and global levels.