![On Drawing Normative Distinctions: Populism between “Honest” and “Hijacked” Christianity](https://politicaltheology.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/3239432996_28e58b44d9_o-1-e1651153871381-600x450.jpg)
Normative distinctions between “honest” and “hijacked” Christianity are a recurrent reference in research on populism. Yet the practices in which Christianity is embedded and embodied paint a more complicated picture. By re-drawing the distinction between the “honest” and the “hijacked,” these practices enable critiques of the anti-Muslim racism that runs through populist politics.