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Interested in learning more about the future of global Catholicism? In this ISA Virtual Book Talk Series on Religion and International Relations, panelists will discuss Petr Kratochvíl’s new book Geopolitics of Global Catholicism: Politics of Religion in Space and Time (Routledge, 2024). About the book: Geopolitics of Global Catholicism uncovers the key trends in today’s Catholicism, offering an exciting exploration of five versions of local Catholicism(s) and shedding light on the various theo-political constellations that not only differ widely across these national contexts but also have global geopolitical consequences. To counter the lingering Eurocentrism of most studies of the Catholic Church, this book’s case studies explore Catholic geopolitics in five non-European contexts, focusing mainly on the Global South (plus the United States): Latin America (Brazil), North America (the United States), Asia (India and China), and Africa (the Democratic Republic of the Congo).

PRESENTER: Petr Kratochvíl (Institute of International Relations Prague). CHAIR: Jocelyne Cesari (University of Birmingham). PANELISTS: Marietta van der Tol (University of Cambridge), Luca Ozzano (University of Turin), Tornike Metreveli (Lund University).

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