Religion and Social Change at the Grass Roots in Latin America

1997 ◽  
Vol 554 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. SAMUEL ESCOBAR
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Religious Commitment ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Social Mobilization ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Revolutionary Movements ◽  
Role Of Religion

Recent historiography and social studies in Latin America have developed new approaches to understanding the significance of movements by the poor for social change as well as the role of religion as a key factor for social mobilization. It is now possible to perceive the importance of messianic and revolutionary movements since the colonial period, and also the different forms of religious commitment that motivate people to reject modernization or to accept it. Several case studies coming from Catholicism and Protestantism are considered here.

scholarly journals REVIEWING POVERTY IN INDONESIA: KARL MARX'S VIEW OF RELIGION IS AN OPIUM

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-57
Author(s):  
Pungky Lela Saputri ◽  
Achmad Gunaryo
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
Library Studies ◽  
Role Of Religion

This study aims to review poverty through Karl Marx's view of religion as an opium. The method used in this research is qualitative with library studies approach. The current globalization and the order of capitalism occurred in Indonesia, certainly enriching the strong and impoverishing the weak. The role of religion in Indonesia in dealing with poverty is not much different from the reality faced by Karl Marx. Karl Marx thought of religion as an impediment to social change. This thought is reflected in his own assertion that religion is the opium of society. In Indonesia, religion only directs people to accept poverty and entertain them by inviting them to preach to the afterlife.

scholarly journals PERUBAHAN PERAN AGAMA DI MASYARAKAT DALAM ASPEK POLITIK: DITINJAU DARI TEORI MODERNISME

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bayu Adi Nugroho
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Strong Force ◽  
Protective Shield ◽  
Material Things ◽  
Role Of Religion

The number of beliefs that exist in this world makes the belief of every human being different from one another. Some believe in material things and some believe in immaterial things. But nowadays, belief or religion has a different role, one of which is in politics. Religion is used as a strong force to be used as a tool to achieve power and also as a protective shield. This shows that there is a social change in society in the form of a change in the role of religion. These different roles will be analyzed by a theory called modernism.

Saudi demographics may ultimately drive discontent

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Role ◽  
Role Of Religion

Significance This means the leadership must manage a significant social change, catalysed by an engaged and 'globalised' youth segment. At the same time, the economy has to accommodate population growth even as its hydrocarbon base faces uncertainties from climate change. Impacts Beyond major urban centres such as Riyadh and Jeddah, much of the country will remain closed and conservative. Moves to curb the influence of the clerical establishment will persist, but the central role of religion will prove resistant to change. In the short term, women’s rising economic role will disrupt familial norms only among the elite. The current shrinking space for expressing discontent could contribute to a brain drain from the kingdom. By 2035, there will be a higher likelihood of protests, both virtual and physical, especially in rural areas.

Pentecostals and the World

Pneuma ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-393
Author(s):  
Michael Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Global Society ◽  
The World ◽  
To Come ◽  
Role Of Religion

This article raises a number of theoretical and methodological issues for studying global Pentecostalism. More specifically, it examines a range of internal debates among Pentecostals about the nature of orthodoxy, orthopraxy, and orthopathy, including related questions about authority and authenticity. The argument maintained in this article is that globalization and the development of global society is uneven and all religions, including Pentecostalism, are attempting to come to terms with the meaning of social change and the role of religion. This can be observed through a range of social interactions, such as those among Pentecostals about the process of social change, the nature of global society, and the role of religion. A number of cases are presented to examine these cultural debates among Pentecostals, including a discussion of the implications for Pentecostal scholarship. The article concludes with a series of methodological questions for scholars of Pentecostalism.

scholarly journals The Revolution and the Virgin Mary: Popular Religion and Social Change in Nicaragua

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Linkogle
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Popular Religion ◽  
Virgin Mary ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Religious Festival

This article is concerned with analysing the role of popular religion in social transformation in Nicaragua from 1979 to the present, focusing in particular on popular religious practices, as spaces in which gender, political and religious identities are shaped and contested. It explores the elements of Nicaraguan popular religion that were constitutive of a religious and often gendered ‘common sense’ which fostered identification with specific political projects. My aim is two-fold. Firstly, I am concerned to examine some general issues around popular religion in Latin America and its relationship to the practice and pronouncements of the Catholic church. To this end, I begin my analysis of popular religion in Nicaragua with an exploration of some of the general themes which dominate considerations of popular culture and popular religion. I next examine how the issue of popular Catholicism has been taken up both by the ‘official’ church, particularly in the wake of Vatican II, and by liberation theologians. This discussion leads to a more specific focus on popular religion in Latin America. Secondly, I explore ‘Marianism’ and the Nicaraguan popular religious festival La Purísima. Here I focus on the competing gender discourses which are worked through different representations of ‘the Virgin Mary’. These competing discourses are often also linked to different versions of an ‘ideal’ society. Finally the article concludes by outlining how an analysis of popular religious practices can inform a sociological understanding of contradictory processes of social change.

scholarly journals Koeksistensi antara Struktur Keluarga Matrilineal dengan Tatanan Religi Masyarakat Minangkabau

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Rini Sovia Firdaus
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Cultural Preservation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Cultural Inheritance ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
The Will

Minangkabau customary law has always been quite open to be integrated with new elements. From the influences of Hinduism, Buddhism, and the colonial period, it is Islam that has spurred the lifestyle of the matrilineal community to date. The encounter creates the term ‘adat bersendi syarak, syarak bersendi kitabullah’, which clearly shows the marriage between the old elements and the new ones. It does not stop there, social change continues to occur in-line with the existence of globalization influence. In the continuing social change, the Minangkabau society still have the will to preserve its core elements. This research was conducted at Nagari Maninjau and Nagari Sungai Batang. Each population is a family group consisting a father, a mother, and at least one child aged 10-19 years. This study uses a simple quantitative method, the summation of 106 family sets of respondents, being further analyzed qualitatively. The pioneer in the effort of cultural preservation is the urban area, with a family configuration derived from Minang father+Minang mother and non-Minang father+Minang mother. Data shows that there is no significant role of an uncle in terms of cultural inheritance, because the other central role is acted by a mamak pusako.

Secular Democracies, Governance and Politics of Religion in South Asia

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-261
Author(s):  
Surya Prakash Upadhyay
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Religion And Politics ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Politics Of Religion ◽  
Colonial Histories ◽  
Role Of Religion

South Asian countries have a lot of commonalities exhibited through socio-political and economic situations. The cultural as well as political dynamics within the countries form more or less a similar pattern. These are closely related to colonial pasts, post-colonial histories, polyethnic population, political leadership and governance. These commonalities are also related to political instability, ethnic violence and a greater role of religion in the formation of secular democracies. Scholars have observed that in the post-colonial period, religion has played an important role in political formations in South Asian countries. This article looks at political situations, since the early 1950s, and traces the trajectory of religions’ association in formation of secular democracies in these countries. The article looks at available literature on South Asia and discusses two key ideas: how and why religion and politics are intertwined in South Asian countries, and ramifications of such association in the expansion of secular democracy. The article argues that religion has always been a potent force in South Asian countries and secularisation, in the Western sense, has never been achieved. Therefore, formations of secular democracy take different trajectories in South Asia.

Pentecostal Women in Colombia: Religious Change and the Status of Working-Class Women

1975 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelia B. Flora
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
The Status ◽  
Working Class Women ◽  
Catholic Churches ◽  
The Church

There has been much discussion of the role of the church in social change in Latin America (Considine, 1964; D'Antonio and Pike, 1964; Haddox, 1965; Houtart and Pin, 1965; Jimenez, 1967; Lalive, 1968; Silvert, 1967; Willems, 1967). Recent arguments contrast a view that the church is integral and innovative in the development process (Vallier, 1970) with the view that the church is reactive and survival oriented, thus incapable of playing a leadership role in the process of social change (Mutchler, 1971). Both of these arguments specify the church as an instrumental force, interacting with other bureaucracies both internal and external to the country, in the process of development. The incursion of non-Catholic churches into Latin America is seen as important in influencing the established church as an actor in the change process, as well as serving as an initiator—or retarder—of change.

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