Religious History in Portugal
A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444). This special issue belongs to the section "Religions and Theologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2023) | Viewed by 19017
Special Issue Editor
Interests: history of religion; Catholic reformation; witchcraft in the early modern age; Misericórdias; early modern Portuguese history; history of the Portuguese overseas empire; the Iberian union (1580–1640)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The topic of this Special Issue covers Religious History in Portugal since the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The aim is to disseminate, in an international context, the most recent trends of an active and renewed historical research on the field of religious history in Portugal. The proposal has a problematizing perspective and is not enclosed in Catholic institutional religiosity. On the contrary, it is open to the anthropological dimension of the multiform religious experiences of Christianity and other beliefs that have been embraced by the inhabitants of the Portuguese territories. A twofold purpose is achieved. On the one hand, we aim to make a historiographical review of the trends that recently have characterised this field of study in Portugal. On the other hand, we aim to stimulate the production of new knowledge that reveals some of the features and dynamics that have shaped religious life. In the case of Christian/Catholic expressions, we invite scholars, not only Portuguese scholars, to submit proposals that might help to reconstitute and explain how the structures and procedures of the diocesan Church were established and implemented, what human resources it employed, how it marked the physical space and the individual and collective life, with special emphasis on the situation in extra-European territories of Portuguese presence.These imply insights open to the inter-cultural dynamics unleashed by religious life. It is also relevant to grasp the profiles of the secular and regular clergy, as well as the strategies that these agents created to promote and nurture Christianism and the religious life of both Christians and the populations who, having other beliefs, were encouraged or compelled to be Christians. At this respect, it will be of the utmost interest to reflect on the role of the bodies created to oversee and disciplining religious ideas and behaviors. Furthermore, it will be examined how Christianity was experienced by both clerics and the faithful, and in what ways religion impacted on social, cultural and political life.
We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 400–600 words summarizing their intended contribution. Please send it to the guest editor ([email protected]) or to Religions editorial office ([email protected]). Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editor for the purposes of ensuring proper fit within the scope of the Special Issue. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer-review.
Prof. Dr. José Pedro Paiva
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- religious history Portugal
- historiography
- Portuguese seaborne empire
- Diocesan church
- mis-sions
- cross-cultural experiences
- Catholic clergy
- religious experiences of the faithful
- inquisition
- Jews
- Muslims
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