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¿Qué duda cabe que la religión es una estructura significativa de sentido y una forma de dominio simbólico que el hombre tiene de su mundo? Pero la religión es también una forma de poder. Y no sólo poder simbólico o cultural sino que también poder ideológico y en ocasiones se vuelve poder político y hasta militar. Aunque, por otra parte, la complejidad de lo religioso y de lo mágico es además, no lo olvidemos, una forma de contrapoder

Pluralismo religioso, educación y ciudadanía

Este artículo describe las formas peculiares que adquiere el cambio religioso, tanto a nivel de las adhesiones a nuevos movimientos religiosos como en las creencias religiosas en Chile. Este trabajo analiza la manera en que el factor educacional interviene en las tendencias hacia la pluralización religiosa. También se exploran las posibles consecuencias que puedan tener las manifestaciones concretas del cambio religioso en la cultura política de Chile

Capital social y representaciones socioculturales juveniles: un estilo en jóvenes secundarios chilenos

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Conversion to Islam as a Strategy of Change and Differentiation in Modernity

ABSTRACT: This article seeks to contribute to the knowledge of Islam in the Colombian context, through ethnographic observations and narratives of individuals who have converted to said religion in Bogota. In addition to analyzing the motives for their conversion, it studies the way these people have constructed a new religious identity altering their perception of themselves, their system of beliefs and values, their behavior and their relation to the socio-cultural environment around them. It also examines the link between the private and the public spheres, between the symbolic and the political, that becomes visible when, by openly adhering to a religion that is usually stigmatized, a person resists the hegemonic forms of socialization in Colombian society.RESUMEN: Este artículo busca aportar al conocimiento del islam en el contexto colombiano a partir de observaciones etnográficas y narrativas de sujetos que se han convertido a esta religión en Bogotá. Además de analizar las motivaciones de sus conversiones, estudiamos la forma en que las personas han construido una nueva identidad religiosa alterando su percepción de sí mismas, su sistema de creencias y valores, su comportamiento y su relación con el medio sociocultural que las rodea. Se examina también el enlace entre lo privado y lo público, entre lo simbólico y lo político, que se hace visible cuando, al adherir abiertamente a una religión usualmente estigmatizada, la persona resiste frente a formas de socialización hegemónicas de la sociedad colombiana

Mudanças religiosas e dinâmicas demográficas: mais além da teoria da secularização. O caso do catolicismo na cidade de Córdoba, Argentina

Este artículo explora críticamente las explicaciones de las dinámicas religiosas en Argentina basadas en la Teoría de la Secularización (TdS). La mayoría de sus referentes usa como variable independiente las relaciones político-institucionales; por eso, la TdS explica lo que sucede con la dirigencia de la institución y las organizaciones intermedias. Esta investigación recoge datos directos de los registros de bautismos durante un siglo en la ciudad de Córdoba (Argentina) y los compara con la tasa de natalidad. Este análisis muestra que eluso de variables político-institucionales no explica adecuadamente lo que sucede con las dinámicas religiosas, medidas en bautismos. La hipótesis propuesta es que las transformaciones religiosas se entienden mejor cuando se aplican variables demográficas.his article critically explores the explanations of religious dynamics in Argentina based on Secularization Theory (TdS). Most scholarship uses political-institutional relations as an independent variable; therefore, TdS focuses on what takes place within the leadership of the institution and intermediate organizations. This research collects data directly from a century of baptism records in the city of Córdoba (Argentina) and compares it with the city’s birth rate. This analysis shows that the use of political-institutional variables fails to adequately explain religious dynamics, as measured in baptisms. The proposed hypothesis is that religious transformations are better understood when demographic variables are applied.Este artigo explora criticamente as explicações das dinâmicas religiosas na Argentina baseadas na Teoria da Secularização (TdS). A maioria de seus referentes usa as relações político-institucionais como variável independente; por isso, a TdS explica o que acontece com a direção da instituição e das organizações intermediárias. Esta pesquisa recolhe dados diretos dos registros de batismos durante um século na cidade de Córdoba (Argentina) e os compara com a taxa de natalidade. Essa análise mostra que o uso de variáveis político-institucionais não explica adequadamente o que acontece com as dinâmicas religiosas, medidas em batismos. A hipótese proposta é que as transformações religiosas são melhor entendidas quando variáveis demográficas são aplicadas.Fil: Morello SJ, Gustavo. Boston College; Estados UnidosFil: Rabbia, Hugo Hernán. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina. Universidad Católica de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Politicas y Relaciones Internacionales; Argentin

Advances in Computational Social Science and Social Simulation

Aquesta conferència és la celebració conjunta de la "10th Artificial Economics Conference AE", la "10th Conference of the European Social Simulation Association ESSA" i la "1st Simulating the Past to Understand Human History SPUHH".Conferència organitzada pel Laboratory for Socio­-Historical Dynamics Simulation (LSDS-­UAB) de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.Readers will find results of recent research on computational social science and social simulation economics, management, sociology,and history written by leading experts in the field. SOCIAL SIMULATION (former ESSA) conferences constitute annual events which serve as an international platform for the exchange of ideas and discussion of cutting edge research in the field of social simulations, both from the theoretical as well as applied perspective, and the 2014 edition benefits from the cross-fertilization of three different research communities into one single event. The volume consists of 122 articles, corresponding to most of the contributions to the conferences, in three different formats: short abstracts (presentation of work-in-progress research), posters (presentation of models and results), and full papers (presentation of social simulation research including results and discussion). The compilation is completed with indexing lists to help finding articles by title, author and thematic content. We are convinced that this book will serve interested readers as a useful compendium which presents in a nutshell the most recent advances at the frontiers of computational social sciences and social simulation researc

La religión y el despertar de los pueblos indígenas en América Latina

The awakening of the indigenous people of Latin America raises the following question: is it accom- panied by a religious revitalization and a return to an- cestral beliefs and rituals? Religion is, indeed, present in protests and visible movements such as those in Me- xico or Ecuador, but religion does not appear to be the principal factor or the deepest source of these move- ments. Thus, alongside the rapid expansion of evange- licals (especially Pentecostals) among the indigenous communities, it is also observed the higher profile and the increased respect achieved by ancestral indigenous religious traditions. Elsewhere, intense missionary acti- vity, performed by various churches, has contributed to the emergence of new indigenous leaders; shamanic rituals function as a means of reaffirmation of ethnic identity and support of the struggle to recover ancestral lands is acquiring a sacred character because of in- digenous worldview. The battle is political and ethnic; it is fought for recognition of indigenous rights, for the specificity of people and their communities, for their ancestral lands and for their cultural expression. Belief is by no means uniform among indigenous peoples. However, there is no doubt that religion is a part of the process of recovery concerning ethnic identity, even though it is under threat from globalization