Religion has made a return into European politics, at least if we are to judge from the appearance and increase of religious arguments, concepts and symbols, especially in the politics of right-wing populists. Nations, national traditions are being redefined around religious events, institutions and personali-ties; public spaces invested with religious symbols.
Political identities and struggles are being articulated increasingly in religious, culturalist and civilizational terms. This article aims to describe the most salient features of this recent and fla-grant religious turn of right-wing populist politics, and to ana-lyse ways in which religion is used and redefined by new polit-ical actors