Faculty Profile for Dr. Eduardo Schmidt Passos
Dr. Eduardo Schmidt Passos
Lecturer — Political Science
THH 355
phone: (512) 245-2143
Biography Section
Biography and Education
Eduardo Schmidt Passos is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University. He received his Ph.D. in politics from The Catholic University of America in the spring of 2018. For the past two years, Dr. Passos has been a visiting researcher in the Department of Government with the University of Texas, Austin. His research interests include political theology, religion and politics, contemporary political theory, history of political thought, and Latin American politics.Teaching Interests
Ancient, Medieval, Modern, and Contemporary Political Thought; Political Theology; Religion and Politics; Intro to Comparative Politics; Intro to IR Theory; American Politics; American Political Though; Latin American Political and Social Thought; and Latin America Politics.Research Interests
Contemporary Political Theory, Religion and Politics, Political Theology, History of Political Ideas, and Latin American Politics.Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Schmidt Passos, E. (2023). Race Ideas and Political Thought: Gilberto Freyre and Oliveira. Comparative Political Theory, 3, 53–73. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/26669773-bja10046
- Schmidt Passos, E. (2019). Eric Voegelin and the Natural Law Tradition. Perspectives on Political Science, 48(9), 210–217. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/10457097.2019.1612506
- Schmidt Passos, E. (2018). Carl Schmitt’s Political Theory during the Third Reich. Political Science Reviewer, 42, 197–217. Retrieved from https://politicalsciencereviewer.wisc.edu/index.php/psr/article/view/541
- Schmidt Passos, E. (2018). The Blood of the Martyrs: Erik Peterson’s Theology of Martyrdom and Carl Schmitt’s Political Theology of Sovereignty. The Review of Politics, 80, 487–510. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034670518000220
- Schmidt Passos, E. (n.d.). Race and State: Voegelin, Bolívar, and Bonifácio on Race and Latin American Political Thought,. Eric Voegelin Studies Yearbook, Summer 2024.
Selected Service Activities
Reviewer / Referee
Brazilian Political Science Review
April 2020-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Review of Politics
August 30, 2018-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Political Science Reviewer
January 1, 2022-December 31, 2022
Reviewer / Referee
Open Theology Journal
October 1, 2022-October 31, 2022
Reviewer / Referee
American Political Science Review
September 1, 2022-September 30, 2022