This book presents revealing reflections on historical socio-political and legal aspects as
well as their contexts in Argentina Bolivia Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Mexico and Peru.
Further it includes theoretical and empirical analyses that identify the connections between
religion and politics that characterize Latin American countries in general. The individual
chapters are based on a dialogue between regional and international approaches renewing them
and taking them to their limits by incorporating the Latin American experience. The book
reflects the current intensification of research on religion in Latin America the resulting
reassessment of previous approaches and the strengthening of empirical studies. It provides
vital insight into the ways in which politics regulates the religious sphere as well as how
religion modulates and intervenes in politics in Latin America. In doing so it builds a bridge
between the findings of researchers in the region on the one hand and the English-speaking
academic public on the other contributing to a dialogue that enriches comparative
perspectives.
