Religion and Politics in a Global Society

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. Applying the insights derived from three theoretical schools (religious society, political institutions, and cultural toolkit), this volume brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines, offering 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 on how faith and culture interrelate, and how the various national experiences might resonate with one another. This volume provides a deeper understanding of the Lusophone global society, as well as the larger field of religion and politics.

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

Foreword. A Tale of Two Statues by Thomas Massaro, SJ, and Kenneth R. Himes, OFM Part One. Theoretical, Historical, and Cultural Issues Chapter One. Religion and Politics in the Portuguese-Speaking World: Three Theoretical Slices by Paul Christopher Manuel, Alynna J. Lyon, and Clyde Wilcox Chapter Two. Patterns of Settlement and Religious Imperial Agents in the Portuguese Empire by José Damião Rodrigues Chapter Three. Portugal and the Building of an Imaginary Empire by Susana Goulart Costa Chapter Four. India's Luso-Africans: The Politics of Culture, Race, Colonialism, and Gender in Early Modern Portugal and Post-Colonial Goa by Bindu Malieckal Part Two. Societies Dominated by a Single Religious Tradition Chapter 5. The Activist Catholic Church in Independent East Timor: "The Church is Not a Political Institution" by Alynna J. Lyon Chapter Six. Religion and Politics in Contemporary Portugal: Devotion, Democracy, and the Marian Apparitions at Fátima by Paul Christopher Manuel Part Three. Competing Religious Societies, with a Formerly Dominant Church Chapter Seven. Faith-State Relations in Brazil: What Does Religious Competition Mean for Democracy? by Christine A. Gustafson Chapter Eight. The "Depoliticizing Machine": Church and State in Angola since Independence by Didier Péclard Part Four. Societies with Marked Religious Diversity, without a Dominant Church Chapter Nine. A Special Place: Imagining Goa from the Estado da India to Indian Independence by Matthew N. Schmalz Chapter Ten. The Catholic Church in Mozambique under Revolution, War, and Democracy by Eric Morier-Genoud and Pierre Anouilh Chapter Eleven. Conclusion: Between Land and Sea: Portugal's Two Nationalisms in the Twenty-first Century by José Pedro Zúquete