The Mediatization of Religious Practices in Urban Daily Life

The Peruvian Case

Bibliographic Data

ID3203787
AuthorsRolando Pérez-Vela (0000-0003-2358-8057, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume14
Issue5
Pages649
Publication date2023-05-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14050649
OpenAlexW4376254178
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited31

The public face of religion in Latin America is undergoing constant transformation, and its relocation in the public sphere is part of a broader process of cultural and social change. This contemporary religious scene is characterized by a plurality of voices generated not only by traditional ecclesiastical institutions, but also by diverse practices and discourses where mediatization processes play an important role. This paper will examine how urban believers-mainly Catholics and evangelicals-are reconstructing and negotiating their religious identity and belonging, as well as their interactions in everyday life as participants in wider social contexts beyond traditional religious institutions in Lima, Peru, South America. It addresses questions such as how mediatized religious practices shape and re-signify religious identity, and how mediated religion facilitates the creation of new meanings, forms, and approaches of public engagement. I will also discuss how lived religion shapes the communicative practices and strategies of believers who are living out their beliefs in ways that go beyond traditional sacred places and spheres of secularity. This paper is part of a research project called "The Transformation of Lived Religion in Urban Latin America: A Study of Contemporary Latin Americans' Experience of the Transcendent

Aesthetics · Art · Everyday life · Latin Americans · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Religious identity · Secularity · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Gender Studies · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Tourism and Spaces

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