Enchanted democracy: Religion and democratic thought in nineteenth-century Latin America

Enchanted democracy: Religion and democratic thought in nineteenth-century Latin America

The forthcoming article “Enchanted democracy: Religion and democratic thought in nineteenth-century Latin America” by Michael S. Thomas is summarized by the author below. The persistence of religion has forced political theorists and political scientists to grapple with how religious reasons, practices, and beliefs relate to democratic politics. Often, theorists ask how and where religion or religious reasons should “fit” within already-existing…