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Explaining the Religious Divide

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Explaining the Genetic Footprints of Catholic and Protestant Colonizers

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I organize dominant explanations for varied genetic footprints into five major groups, although I acknowledge that they interrelate. The first explanation is that patterns are actually based on religion, as varied teachings and institutions led to divergent outcomes. A second explanation is geohistorical contact: Catholic countries are more Mediterranean, with a long history of mixing and exposure to other parts of the world, while Protestants are more isolated. Third, I look to political economy, namely the need for land versus labor among colonized peoples. Fourth, political capacity refers to the ability of colonial rulers to enforce sexual rules and to encourage the migration of European women. Finally, I look to changing ideas of nation and race that first emerged in Protestant countries but were slower to take hold among Catholics.

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Barter, S.J. (2016). Explaining the Religious Divide. In: Explaining the Genetic Footprints of Catholic and Protestant Colonizers. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137594303_3

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