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9780739180068

Religion and Politics in a Global Society Comparative Perspectives from the Portuguese-Speaking World

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    9780739180068

  • ISBN10:

    0739180061

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-11-12
  • Publisher: Lexington Books

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Summary

Religion and Politics in a Global Society: Comparative Perspectives from the Portuguese Speaking World, edited by Paul Christopher Manuel, Alynna Lyon, and Clyde Wilcox, explores the legacy of the Portuguese colonial experience, with careful consideration of the lasting impression that this experience has had on the cultural, religious, and political dynamics in the former colonies.The expansion of Roman Catholicism by the Portuguese-and the Church's subsequent interactions with local religions and cultures-calls out for serious scholarly attention. This volume takes up that call. Applying the insights derived from three theoretical schools (religious society, political institutions, and cultural toolkit), this volume asks how religion and politics function in the global Lusophone society. It brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines, who offer in-depth case studies on Angola, Brazil, East Timor, Goa, Mozambique, and Portugal-societies connected by a shared colonial past and common cultural and sociolinguistic characteristics. Each chapter examines questions related to how faith and culture interrelate, and in how the various national experiences might resonate with those of other Lusophone countries. The volume holds considerable theoretical promise for a deeper understanding of the Lusophone global society, as well as for the larger field of religion and politics.

Author Biography

Paul Christopher Manuel is professor of political science at Mount Saint Mary's University. Alynna Lyon is associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire. Clyde Wilcox is professor of government at Georgetown University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Foreword: A Tale of Two Statuesp. xiii
Theoretical, Historical, and Cultural Issues
Religion and Politics in the Portuguese-Speaking World: Three Theoretical Slicesp. 3
Patterns of Settlement and Religious Imperial Agents in the Portuguese Empirep. 15
Portugal and the Building of an Imaginary Empirep. 33
India's Luso-Africans: The Politics of Race, Colonialism, and Gender in Early Modern Portugal and Post-Colonial Goap. 47
Societies Dominated by a Single Religious Tradition
The Activist Catholic Church in Post-Portuguese East Timor: "The Church is not a Political Institution"p. 75
Religion and Politics in Contemporary Portugal: Devotion, Democracy, and the Marian Apparitions at Fatimap. 93
Competing Religious Societies, with a Formerly Dominant Church
Faith-State Relations in Brazil: What Does Religious Competition Mean for Democracy?p. 113
The "Depoliticizing Machine": Church and State in Angola since Independencep. 139
Societies with Marked Religious Diversity, without a Dominant Church
A Special Place: Imagining Goa from the Estado da India to Indian Independencep. 163
The Catholic Church in Mozambique under Revolution, War, and Democracyp. 185
Conclusion: Between Land and Sea: Portugal's Two Nationalisms in the Twenty-First Centuryp. 205
Map of the Lusophone Global Societyp. 227
Religious Composition of Countries in the Case Studies (in percentages)p. 229
Contemporary Lusophone Countriesp. 231
Portuguese-Influenced Areasp. 233
List of Meetings of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, or CPLP)p. 235
Bibliographyp. 237
Indexp. 245
About the Editorsp. 251
About the Contributorsp. 253
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