The Opium of God’s People: Latin American/Hispanic Theology, Popular Religiosity, and the Challenge of Narcotrafficking

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 justi...

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主要作者: Poggi, Alfredo Ignacio (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: Sage Publ. 2021
In: Theology today
Year: 2021, 卷: 77, 發布: 4, Pages: 426-439
IxTheo Classification:CH Christianity and Society
FA Theology
KBR Latin America
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Latin American theology
B Pope Francis
B narcotrafficking
B Hispanic theology
B Popular Religiosity
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總結: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.
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0040573620956667