Abstract

HAMUI SUTTON, Alicia. Latin American Religious Responses to Socio-cultural changes of Globalization. CONfines relacion. internaci. ciencia política [online]. 2005, vol.1, n.2, pp.35-43. ISSN 1870-3569.

At the beginning of this third millennium, we are witnessing the end of an era marked by the hegemony of European Christianity and the globalization of a deterritorialized and decentered Christianity. Evangelical Pentecostalism and the Catholic Charismatic Renovation Movement are examples of this type of individual salvation spiritualism in Latin America. This article illustrates how these movements base their success on their ritual pragmatism with regard to personal crisis situations and the image of a near and accessible God. Moreover, the success of these movements is because of the adjustment to new conditions of the global market, the adaptation to the new processes of citizenship typical of modern democracies, and the satisfaction of spiritual and affective needs in a context of intense shifts trying to create new identities to reestablish the social framework of society.

Keywords : Christianity; globalization; Latin America; democracy; Pentecostalism; Catholic Charismatic Renovation Movement.

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