Lived religion in Latin America : an enchanted modernity / Gustavo Morello, S.J.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morello, Gustavo, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and sociology--Latin America.

Religion and sociology.

Manners and customs.

Religion.

Latin America--Religion.

Latin America.

Latin America--Religious life and customs.

Latin America--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

xiii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This book is about religion and modernity, how religion interacts with modern culture, and how modernity influences religion. By "modernity" I signify not only the technological developments, but also the dynamics of capitalism, the differentiation of social functions and specialization of spheres of knowledge, and the expansion of human rights. In regard to religion, I mean the cultural practices people use to connect with a supra-human power that they experience influencing their lives. The thesis presented is that in Latin America there is an interaction between modernity and religion, but the result has not been religion diminishment (secularization), but its transformation. Exploring religion as ordinary Latin Americans practice it, we discovered that there is more religion than secularists expect, but of a different kind than religious leaders would wish. The difficulty in assessing religiosity as it exists in Latin America is due in part to the continuing use of categories that were not designed for religious cultures outside the North Atlantic world. Those categories point us toward a different kind of dynamics, which in fact obscure Latin American religious dynamics. If we look at religion from Latin America and from the people who practice it, we will find a different definition and different conceptual tools for understanding the religious experience of Latin American people, and perhaps it helps us to look at religion in a different way"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. A Latin American Critical Sociology Perspective on Religion

2. Historical Context

3. Respondents' Religious and Social Landscape

4. Latin Americans' God

5. Latin Americans' Ways of Praying

6. Religion in Latin America's Public Sphere.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Morello, Gustavo, 1966- Lived religion in Latin America

ISBN:

9780197579633

0197579639

9780197579626

0197579620

OCLC:

1240828919

Publisher Number:

99988701466