Modified and Validated Version of the System of Beliefs Inventory (SBI-15R) in a Sample of Inhabitants from Arequipa City (Peru)International Journal of Latin American Religions - Tập 5 - Trang 501-518 - 2021
Walter L. Arias Gallegos, Alejandro Estenós Loayza, Renzo Rivera, Ana Lucía Núñez Cohello
The present study focuses on the psychometric analysis of the Systems of Belief
Inventory (SBI-15R) made by Holland et al. (Psycho-Oncology 7:460–469, 1998)
after being applied in a sample of 1380 citizens from Arequipa City. The
validation procedure involved the modification of the instrument, through the
increase of 10 items and the rearrangement of these in three factors. The
analysis of conten... hiện toàn bộ
Bolsonaro’s Brazilian Christofascism during the Easter period plagued by Covid-19International Journal of Latin American Religions - Tập 4 - Trang 318-334 - 2020
Fábio Py
The article highlights the media actions of the president of Brazil, Jair
Bolsonaro, in the face of the expansion of the pandemic of the new coronavirus,
Covid-19, in Brazil. For this, the Easter week of 2020 was separated when a
comparative operation of Bolsonaro with the figure of Jesus Christ, in his
social networks—a tip of what we call Brazilian Christofascism—was woven. Thus,
precisely in th... hiện toàn bộ
Contemporary Transformations in the Brazilian Popular Catholic Festivals: the Case of the Holy Divine Spirit Festival (Festa do Divino)International Journal of Latin American Religions - Tập 5 Số 2 - Trang 224-245 - 2021
Renata Siuda-Ambroziak, Fabiene Passamani Mariano
AbstractThe Azorean families, wherever they migrated, brought their cultural
background in which there clearly stood out celebrations of the annual festival
of the Divine Holy Spirit. The Festa do Divino, as it is called in Brazil, has
turned, in places where they originally settled down, into one of the most
famous religious festivals of the Brazilian Popular Catholicism. However, due to
some con... hiện toàn bộ
Evangelicals and Politics in Argentina: Pentecostalism as a Constructive Framework of (New?) Political IdentitiesInternational Journal of Latin American Religions - Tập 3 - Trang 274-293 - 2019
Nicolás Panotto
This paper aims to analyze the case of the Christian Centre New Life (Centro
Cristiano Nueva Vida - CCNV), a Pentecostal church in the City of Buenos Aires
that is part of the spectrum of evangelical churches in Argentina, but
represents a particular case within that field, in terms of theological,
religious and, especially, socio-political views. The study of the CCNV will
allow us to explore how... hiện toàn bộ
Faith in Peacebuilding Assemblages in Colombia and PeruInternational Journal of Latin American Religions - Tập 7 - Trang 181-206 - 2023
Loramy Gerstbauer, James G. Huff, Vilma “Nina” Balmaceda
This article offers two case studies of faith-based organizing and programming
in Colombia and Peru to better understand the peacebuilding work of Latin
American evangelical Christians and how their identification as faith-based
actors impacts their work. Evangelical Christians are understudied actors in the
peacebuilding field, and our cases illustrate the need for careful sifting
within this par... hiện toàn bộ
A New Witch-Hunt: LGBTQIA+ State Persecution by Brazil’s Christian Far-RightInternational Journal of Latin American Religions - - Trang 1-18 - 2024
Fábio L. Stern
This paper posits that the contemporary Brazilian far-right Christian narrative
casts the LGBTQIA+ community in a role akin to that of witches in fifteenth- to
eighteenth-century Christian thought. It begins by tracing the historical
trajectory of LGBTQIA+phobia within post-nineteenth century Christianity,
highlighting the religion’s frequent collusion with far-right politics. The
analysis then ex... hiện toàn bộ
Occupying New Spaces: the “Digital Turn” of Afro-Brazilian Religions During the Covid-19 OutbreakInternational Journal of Latin American Religions - Tập 4 - Trang 250-258 - 2020
Giovanna Capponi, Patrício Carneiro Araújo
This paper intends to analyze how Afro-Brazilian religious minorities (like
Candomblé and Umbanda) are responding to the Covid-19 crisis in Brazil both at a
religious and political level. Drawing a comparison between the reactions of
Neo-Pentecostal churches and Afro-Brazilian religions, we will describe how the
pandemic outbreak and the social distancing measures allowed Afro-religious
practition... hiện toàn bộ