William Girard
Biographic Data
| ID | 104547 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Girard |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Girard |
| SIGNATURE | GIRARD W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mount Holyoke College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6281-5892 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Secularism
The anthropology of secularism studies how nation-states actively shape ‘religion’ as a category, institutional structure, and lived experience. It does not cast secularism as an impersonal process through which religion inevitably declines or retreats to the private sphere as modernisation advances. Instead, this subfield of anthropology understands secularism to be a mode of governance—a dense web of laws, institutions, and sensibilities—that p…
The Resonance of Church and State: "Churchstate" Geopolitics, the 2009 Honduran Coup, and the Antidemocratic Turn in the Americas
Throughout the Americas, in countries such as Honduras, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, and the United States, right-wing governments allied with conservative Christians have increasingly pursued violent and antidemocratic means to acquire and maintain political power. Understanding the success of these regimes requires clarity about the ways that "church" and "state" both fuse and diverge. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Honduras during …
Geopolíticas del espíritu: Ontologías pentecostales y golpe de Estado en Honduras
Situado en Copán Ruinas, este artículo describe el papel que jugó la ontología cristiana pentecostal en el gran apoyo que tuvo el golpe de Estado que derrocó al presidente de izquierda, Manuel Zelaya, en 2019. Conceptualmente se ancla en la línea de pensamiento académica sobre la política de algunos movimientos indígenas en Latinoamérica y en su divergencia con los marcos “políticos” modernos, para argumentar que el pentecostalismo tiene un marco…
Spirit-Filled Geopolitics: Pentecostal Ontologies and the Honduran Coup
Situado en Copán Ruinas, Honduras, el trabajo de campo en que está basado este artículo, describe el papel de la ontología Cristiana Pentecostal en las lógicas que sustentaron apoyo generalizado de los cristianos al golpe de estado que derrocó al presidente, Manuel Zelaya, en 2009. La literatura reciente que describe cómo el compromiso de algunos movimientos indígenas latinoamericanos representa un quiebre con los marcos modernos de la "política"…
The outpouring of development: Place, prosperity, and the Holy Spirit in Zion Ministries
This article explores a Pentecostal vision of economic development in Central America and considers how it becomes ‘really real’ for adherents, in part, through a sense of place. These Christians maintain that economic progress can only occur through the direct intervention of the Holy Spirit, whose role in development becomes apparent to them as they encounter a correspondence between three elements at three different churches: the church's leve…
City of God: Christian Citizenship in Postwar Guatemala by Kevin Lewis O'Neill
Spirit-Filled Geopolitics: Pentecostal Ontologies and the Honduran Coup
Situado en Copán Ruinas, Honduras, el trabajo de campo en que está basado este artículo, describe el papel de la ontología Cristiana Pentecostal en las lógicas que sustentaron apoyo generalizado de los cristianos al golpe de estado que derrocó al presidente, Manuel Zelaya, en 2009. La literatura reciente que describe cómo el compromiso de algunos movimientos indígenas latinoamericanos representa un quiebre con los marcos modernos de la "política"…
The outpouring of development: Place, prosperity, and the Holy Spirit in Zion Ministries
This article explores a Pentecostal vision of economic development in Central America and considers how it becomes ‘really real’ for adherents, in part, through a sense of place. These Christians maintain that economic progress can only occur through the direct intervention of the Holy Spirit, whose role in development becomes apparent to them as they encounter a correspondence between three elements at three different churches: the church's leve…
City of God: Christian Citizenship in Postwar Guatemala by Kevin Lewis O'Neill
The outpouring of development: Place, prosperity, and the Holy Spirit in Zion Ministries
This article explores a Pentecostal vision of economic development in Central America and considers how it becomes ‘really real’ for adherents, in part, through a sense of place. These Christians maintain that economic progress can only occur through the direct intervention of the Holy Spirit, whose role in development becomes apparent to them as they encounter a correspondence between three elements at three different churches: the church's leve…
Geopolíticas del espíritu: Ontologías pentecostales y golpe de Estado en Honduras
Situado en Copán Ruinas, este artículo describe el papel que jugó la ontología cristiana pentecostal en el gran apoyo que tuvo el golpe de Estado que derrocó al presidente de izquierda, Manuel Zelaya, en 2019. Conceptualmente se ancla en la línea de pensamiento académica sobre la política de algunos movimientos indígenas en Latinoamérica y en su divergencia con los marcos “políticos” modernos, para argumentar que el pentecostalismo tiene un marco…
Spirit-Filled Geopolitics: Pentecostal Ontologies and the Honduran Coup
Situado en Copán Ruinas, Honduras, el trabajo de campo en que está basado este artículo, describe el papel de la ontología Cristiana Pentecostal en las lógicas que sustentaron apoyo generalizado de los cristianos al golpe de estado que derrocó al presidente, Manuel Zelaya, en 2009. La literatura reciente que describe cómo el compromiso de algunos movimientos indígenas latinoamericanos representa un quiebre con los marcos modernos de la "política"…
The Resonance of Church and State: "Churchstate" Geopolitics, the 2009 Honduran Coup, and the Antidemocratic Turn in the Americas
Throughout the Americas, in countries such as Honduras, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, and the United States, right-wing governments allied with conservative Christians have increasingly pursued violent and antidemocratic means to acquire and maintain political power. Understanding the success of these regimes requires clarity about the ways that "church" and "state" both fuse and diverge. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Honduras during …
Secularism
The anthropology of secularism studies how nation-states actively shape ‘religion’ as a category, institutional structure, and lived experience. It does not cast secularism as an impersonal process through which religion inevitably declines or retreats to the private sphere as modernisation advances. Instead, this subfield of anthropology understands secularism to be a mode of governance—a dense web of laws, institutions, and sensibilities—that p…
Religion, Society, and Development (5 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)