Churches and violence in north-eastern Guatemala

Between safe space and lions’ pit

Bibliographic Data

ID18960271
AuthorsSaskia Simon (UCLouvain, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume66
Issue3
Pages435-451
Publication date2019-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7686 • E-ISSN: 1461-7404
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0037768619855252
OpenAlexW2958703874
LanguageEN
References cited12

Based on an ethnographic research led in north-eastern Guatemala between 2011 and 2013, this article problematizes the idea usually advanced in sociology of religions that churches represent safe spaces allowing the reconstruction of social fabric in violent contexts. Analyzing collective mechanisms of ‘living together’ in this region, the author shows the specific role of the Catholic and Evangelical Churches as spaces where struggles have taken place, but where they nevertheless represent safe spaces for expression

Ethnography · Expression (computer science) · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development

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