Devotions, promises and miracles: How religious beliefs and practices support poor people´s agency in Latin America
The article addresses Latin American poor people's religious beliefs and practices, analysing particularly three of them: devotion, promise, and miracle. We argue that these three religious features are related to people’s agency and can have impact on personal and community wellbeing. The data...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor and Francis Group
2020
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Culture and religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 242-258 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Buenos Aires
/ Christian
/ Poverty
/ Competent to act
/ Spirituality
/ Devotion
/ Vow
/ Belief in miracles
/ Popular piety
/ History 2011-2014
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IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBR Latin America |
Further subjects: | B
South America
B Religious Practices B Agency B Poverty B Popular Religiosity |
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