The public face of religion in Latin America is undergoing constant transformation, and its relocation in the public sphere is part of a broader process of cultural and social change. This contemporary religious scene is characterized by a plurality of voices generated not only by traditional ecclesiastical institutions, but also by diverse practices and discourses where mediatization processes play an important role. This paper will examine how urban believers—mainly Catholics and evangelicals—are reconstructing and negotiating their religious identity and belonging, as well as their interactions in everyday life as participants in wider social contexts beyond traditional religious institutions in Lima, Peru, South America. It addresses questions such as how mediatized religious practices shape and re-signify religious identity, and how mediated religion facilitates the creation of new meanings, forms, and approaches of public engagement. I will also discuss how lived religion shapes the communicative practices and strategies of believers who are living out their beliefs in ways that go beyond traditional sacred places and spheres of secularity. This paper is part of a research project called “The Transformation of Lived Religion in Urban Latin America: A Study of Contemporary Latin Americans’ Experience of the Transcendent.”
Este capítulo plantea un acercamiento a la religiosidad vivida desde las prácticas del consumo de las llamadas «industrias culturales», mediatizadas por las tecnologías de la comunicación. Las lecturas consignadas aquí corresponden al análisis de los discursos y prácticas de religiosidad en los creyentes en Lima que, como se señaló, es una ciudad marcada por un intenso proceso de pluralización religiosa y resignificación de los sentidos de pertenencia a las comunidades tradicionales de fe.
Edgard tiene 52 años, vive con su madre y su hermano mayor en Pueblo Libre, distrito ubicado en la zona oeste de Lima. Aunque su padre falleció hace 35 años cuando él tenía 17 años, mantiene un vivo recuerdo de él, especialmente de su militancia política. Para Edgard, los ideales de justicia de su padre inAuyeron en sus opciones políticas y sociales. «Ver a mi padre protestando me emociona», dice al mostrar una foto que conserva, en la que se observa a su padre siendo detenido por la policía durante una manifestación de los militantes de Acción Popular, partido político histórico en el que militaba.« Esta foto es emblemática, porque me recuerda una época de convulsiones y movilizaciones».
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