The Bible, religious storytelling, and revolution

The case of Solentiname, Nicaragua

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3867907
AutoresJean-Pierre Reed (0000-0003-2210-9659, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen5
Número3
Páginas227-250
Fecha de publicación2017-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCritical Research on Religion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2050-3032 • E-ISSN: 2050-3040
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2050303217732130
OpenAlexW2755601951
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas45

Building on the storytelling, political storytelling, and religious storytelling literatures, I examined the role religious stories play in the formation of revolutionary convictions. This study's primary sources of data are volumes I, II, and III of The Gospel in Solentiname, a historical record of religious discussions that took place in an isolated campesino community at a seminary-like setting under a growing national revolutionary scenario in 1970s Nicaragua. My analysis of these discussions reveals that religious discourse based on stories of prophecy, Christian virtue, miracles, and social challenges to revolutionary action allowed story-users to assert, explore, and promote models of action and moral orientation consistent with the making of revolution

Art · Gospel · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Storytelling · Virtue · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development