From the family pluriverse to the small worlds of community life in Costa Rica
Towards a policy for the management of belief
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2319239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Fuentes Belgrave (0000-0002-5785-917X, Universidad Nacional/Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 605-621 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7686 • E-ISSN: 1461-7404 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00377686241287034 |
| OpenAlex | W4404642238 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This article examines the results of two qualitative research studies undertaken in Costa Rica on transformations linked to the experience of belief and gender in family and community environments featuring religious diversity. Actions and discourses are identified as forms of belief management that are tributary to non-hegemonic values, which are transferable from the private to the public sphere. In making a critical reading of the local context, the analysis is inscribed in the decolonial turn in Latin America (Quijano, 1992; Castro Gómez and Grosfoguel, 2007; Fornet-Betancourt, 2009; Walsh, 2010; Escobar, 2012). The construction of social agency is seen to arise from the colonial wound and the questioning of family and community universality in interreligious coexistence. The conceptual approach taken up is presented, discussion is made of the characteristics of interreligious coexistence in mixed families and of the particularities of the minority religious groups studied, and analysis is made in the conclusions of the decolonizing transformations of their narratives
Political science · Sociology · Religion and Society in Latin America · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |