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

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

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents A Latin American critical sociology perspective on religion -- Historical context -- Respondents' religious and social landscape -- Latin Americans' god -- Latin Americans' ways of praying -- Religion in Latin America's public sphere 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on June 10, 2022) Subject Religion and sociology -- Latin America Manners and customs Religion Religion and sociology SUBJECT Latin America -- Religion Latin America -- Religious life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115999 Latin America -- Social life and customs Subject Latin America Form Electronic book LC no. 2021008616 ISBN 9780197579640 0197579647 9780197579664 0197579663 0197579655 9780197579657

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