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Evangelicals and Electoral Politics in Latin America
This book analyzes the rise of evangelical Christians in Latin American electoral politics, comparing six Latin American countries.
The Europa Directory of International Organizations 2024
The Europa Directory of International Organizations 2024 serves as an unequalled one-volume guide to the contemporary international system. Within a clear, unique framework the recent activities of all major international organizations are described in detail. Given alongside extensive background information the reader is able to assess the role and evolving functions of these organizations in today's world. The contact details, key personnel and activities of more than 2,000 international and regional entities have again been thoroughly researched and updated for this 25th edition. Highlights in this edition include: - a fully revised Who's Who section with biographical details of the key players in the international system. - the response of the international community to crises and conflicts throughout the world. - specially-commissioned introductory essays cover topics including global environmental governance, transboundary water management, and multilateral governance and global action on health.
HabitusAnalysis 2 – Praxeology and Meaning
Starting from the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu, Schäfer composes a methodical approach to habitus of social actors and the logic of their praxis: Building upon the generative terms of praxeology, he focuses on identity and strategy in processes of internalization, their transformation by means of dispositional schemes, and their externalization in action. The emphasis lies on a theory of dispositions that allows a flexible understanding of identity and strategy formation in the context of social experience and the interplay with social structures. This theory is developed over the course of a three-step analysis on habitus as a network of dispositions, on the dynamics that unfold between th...
Political Pentecostalism
The last decade has witnessed fundamental shifts in the relationship between religion and politics. In this light, religious symbols, motifs, justifications, and practices are increasingly noticeable in political discourses, as well as agendas, particularly in the Global South, with Pentecostal Christians standing out as salient actors. Performative practices enacted in political contexts such as the anointing of state authorities, prophecies, warfare prayers, etc. have drawn the attention of numerous scholars worldwide. The four surveys contained in this volume account for these developments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and synoptically engage with the following question: Can any meaningful nexus connecting multiple and apparently isolated nodes of Pentecostal engagement in the political sphere around the globe be identified? In addition, they do the groundwork for drawing parallels on a global level, on the basis of which new light can be shed on fundamental changes in Pentecostal actorhood and self-understanding. Thus, local developments and ethnographic studies are for the first time reflected upon from a global perspective.
Global Christianity
Over the last few decades, Christianity's center of gravity has moved from the global north to the global south. While church buildings in Western Europe are being closed or sold, new megachurches are filled with believers in Africa and Latin America. Charismatic movements practice the Christian religion in new ways, challenging the established churches and society at large on all continents. This scholarly examination of contemporary World Christianity takes a fresh perspective on Christianity as a cultural, political, and social force in our time. It provides up-to-date regional surveys, gives ample attention to the fastest growing branch of Christianity, the Pentecostal movement, and focuses sharply on Catholicism, which with a wide margin is the world's largest denomination. Furthermore, it explores how the Christian religion accommodates as well as challenges political, social, economic, and cultural developments.
The Routledge International Handbook of Sociology and Christianity
The Routledge International Handbook of Sociology and Christianity examines the intersection of the sociology of religion – a long-standing focus of sociology as a discipline – and Christianity – the world’s largest religion. An internationally representative and thematically comprehensive collection, it analyzes both the sociology of Christianity and Christian approaches to sociology, with attention to the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant branches of Christianity. An authoritative, state-of-the-art review of current research, it is organized into five inter-connected thematic sections, considering the overlapping emergence of both the Christian religion and the social scienc...
Politischer Pentekostalismus
Das zunehmende und weltweit neu wahrnehmbare Engagement pfingstkirchlicher Akteur*innen im Bereich der Politik und Öffentlichkeit steht im Fokus dieses Bandes. Dabei geht es nicht nur um eine religiöse Einfärbung politischer Diskurse, sondern auch um eine nachhaltige Veränderung im Selbstbild und Selbstverständnis dieser Akteur*innen. Vor diesem Hintergrund entsteht ein neues Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Religion und Politik, das sowohl die Wissenschaft, die Kirchen, die Politik als auch die Gesellschaft als ganze herausfordert. Expert*innen aus verschiedenen Disziplinen beleuchten dieses Phänomen umfassend und perspektivreich.
Ciudad de México. Miradas, experiencias y posibilidades
No es extraño referir a la Ciudad de México bajo la idea de lo inconmensurable. El presente libro se aproxima al análisis de tal diversidad y complejidad, a través de miradas multidisciplinares y una variedad de enfoques de investigación. En sus capítulos encontramos una heterogeneidad de dimensiones de la vida urbana. Sus páginas nos revelan la manera como el arte o las dimensiones sensibles como el olfato, producen la ciudad, al igual que los intereses políticos y del capital. Descubrimos el modo como las vidas urbanas se configuran por relaciones de poder, la manera como la ciudad produce y reproduce desigualdades sociales en el reparto de sus espacios y objetos. Pero si el orden de la ciudad ha tendido —en distintas dimensiones— a la exclusión de grupos subalternos como mujeres, niños, sectores populares, personas con discapacidad, población en condición de calle, la diversidad sexo-genérica y étnica, igualmente es un espacio donde hallamos continuas subversiones que desafían lo establecido y dominante: donde es posible la escucha, la construcción de lo común y la inclinación de unas vidas hacia el cuidado de las otras.
Religionsanalyse und Theorieentwicklung
Religion ist ein gesellschaftliches Feld, das starken Dynamiken unterworfen ist: Religion und Religiosität reagieren sensibel auf sozialen Wandel, treiben ihn mit ihren Eigendynamiken voran oder blockieren ihn. Der vorliegende Band entstand im Anschluss an eine Tagung anlässlich des 25-jährigen Bestehens der Sektion Religionssoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie. Die Beiträge spiegeln die lebendige soziologische Forschung zu der engen Koppelung von Religion(en) und Gesellschaft und haben eine explizit feld-historische Perspektive: Sie thematisieren sowohl Veränderungen dieser Verzahnungen als auch die theoretischen und empirischen Erforschungsperspektiven und bilden die damit verbundenen aktuellen Diskurse innerhalb der deutschen Religionssoziologie ab.
Movimientos antigénero en América Latina: cartografías del neoconservadurismo
Los movimientos antigénero —o contra la "ideología de género— se configuran por medio de un proyecto de conocimiento que se legitima en un esencialismo de la diferencia sexual. En consecuencia, validan como única forma de organización y estructuración de la sociedad la que se sustenta en una concepción biológica del sexo, a partir de la complementariedad entre la mujer y el hombre, en función de un conjunto de roles de género tradicionales. Con esto pretenden refutar una de las premisas más importantes de las teorías de género contemporáneas: que el sistema sexo-género es parte de una construcción sociocultural con fines patriarcales. Parten de dicho proyecto de conocimie...
