RT Article
T1 The Opium of God’s People: Latin American/Hispanic Theology, Popular Religiosity, and the Challenge of Narcotrafficking
JF Theology today
VO 77
IS 4
SP 426
OP 439
A1 Poggi, Alfredo Ignacio
LA English
PB Sage Publ.
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1747706809
AB The manipulation of popular religiosity by drug trafficking at the epicenter of the world drug market represents a challenge for Latin American theology. How might it reflect on popular religiosity in areas replete with cartels? How might it help popular religiosity to become the fruit of true justice without imposing the judgmental worldview of enlightened elites? This article will attempt to answer both questions over the course of four sections. First, it will describe the history of Latin American revaluations of popular religiosity as a theological starting point. Second, it will demonstrate the conceptualization of popular religion by Latin American and Hispanic scholars and theologians in the United States. Third, it will analyze how drug trafficking permeates popular religiosity in Latin America. Finally, it will propose an appropriate pastoral and theological approach to popular religiosity in areas affected by drug trafficking.
K1 Popular Religiosity
K1 Pope Francis
K1 narcotrafficking
K1 Latin American theology
K1 Hispanic theology
DO 10.1177/0040573620956667