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.

Juan Marco Vaggione: Ph.D. in Sociology, New School for Social Research and Doctorate in Law and Social Sciences, National University of Cordoba. Independent Researcher of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET-Argentina). Professor of Sociology of Law at the National University of Córdoba. His publications deal with sexual rights and the relation between religion and sexual politics in Latin America. José Manuel Morán Faúndes: Ph.D. in Latin American Social Studies, National University of Córdoba. Post-doctoral fellow of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET-Argentina), Law and Social Research Centre. Professor of Sociology of Law at the National University of Córdoba. He studies the relationships between religious conservatism, sexual politics and neoliberalism and Latin America, with emphasis on biopolitical approaches.