Title
Pragmatic and strategic religious alliances in times of pluralization, the case of Peru
Other title
Alianças religiosas pragmáticas e estratégicas em tempos de pluralização, caso do Peru Alianzas religiosas pragmáticas y estratégicas en tiempo de pluralización, el caso del Perú
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Abstract
According to Peter Berger, pluralization should be considered the new paradigm to address religious studies in the world. Despite the consensus that exists among specialists regarding the notion of pluralization, its meaning, in Latin American context, remains to be understood. Our article focuses on the Peruvian religious field. Recently, religious offerings have multiplied. Today, the Peruvian religious field, overwhelmingly Christian, is characterized by the still pre-eminence of Catholicism, the growing influence of evangelicals and the increase in the number of disaffiliated members, many of whom are still linked to the evangelical nebula. However, pluralization is not limited to a variety of religious proposals available to all, which would be a mere plurality, but also implies an interweaving of dynamic inter-institutional and extra-institutional relationships and alliances. The rapidity of creative recomposition characterizes the current evolution; however, the logic of religious change is not homogeneous. It is a pluralization of pluralization. In the case of popular Catholicism, the initial configuration plays a determining role; the devotions, from being fragmented, have become more structured by going through a rearrangement at a national level. In the Catholic institution, world dissensions are present and divide the clergy between conservative and liberal currents that correspond mainly to differences in priorities. Evangelical churches, whose diversity hides a relative uniformity, continue to be highly influenced by international currents, in their search for growth and, currently, for political influence. Commitments and alliances are woven between Catholic and evangelical entities. Official activities correspond to international ecumenical agreements and mainly involve the liberal Catholic wing and the evangelical churches closest to traditional Protestantism. On the other hand, common makeshift platforms, dominated by the family and moral agenda, are formed by conservative catholic and evangelical groups who participate in massive marches articulated to neoliberal political projects
Start page
397
End page
416
Volume
45
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Sociología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85125089508
Source
Revista Colombiana de Sociologia
ISSN of the container
0120159X
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