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Cahiers des Amériques latines is a reference publication in the international Latin Americanist landscape since the late 1960s. Open to all human and social sciences, the journal is a medium for the transmission of academic knowledge, but also a space for reflection and debate on Latin American.

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108 | 2026
Christianismes d’Amérique latine : d'une politisation à l'autre

Cristianismos da América Latina: de uma politização a outra

This dossier updates the complex dynamics of the politicization of Christianity in Latin America. The introduction examines the approaches and categories useful for considering both the rightward shift of Christianity since the 2000s and the heterogeneity of the historical and social dynamics of politicization. The contributions are then organized around three main dimensions: political behaviors and representations, the presence of religion in representative institutions and public action, the relationship to democracy and authoritarianism among Christian voters and political professionals. Through the lens of the medium-term history of political engagement, the articles explore the trajectories of both liberation theology-inspired Catholicism and Pentecostalism. They also question the connection between the conservative convergences of Christianity in politics and the authoritarian dynamics currently sweeping across the continent.

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