Research Fellow
American University
January 22, 2021
Research Fellow Paul Manuel is co-editing with Miguel Glatzer a special issue of Religions on "Social Welfare and Catholic Social Teaching." The deadline for manuscript submissions is September 1, 2021.
Paul Christopher Manuel is distinguished scholar in residence and director of the leadership program at American University's School of Public Affairs and a research fellow at the Berkley Center. Manuel’s scholarship has contributed to the democratization literature in Spain and Portugal, with a focus on religion and politics. He has authored or co-authored nine books and numerous scholarly articles, including Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare: Associational Life and Religion in Contemporary Western Europe (2019, with Miguel Glatzer); Religion and Politics in a Global Society: Comparative Perspectives from the Portuguese-Speaking World (2012, edited with Alynna Lyon and Clyde Wilcox); and The Catholic Church and the Nation-State: Comparative Perspectives (2006, edited with Chris Reardon and Clyde Wilcox). He holds a B.A. and M.A. from Boston University, an M.T.S. from the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College (formerly the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts), and a Ph.D. in government from Georgetown University.
