Religious agency in Latin America's hinterland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3946290 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Radha Sarkar (0000-0002-5584-3940, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 129 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-87 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/01417789211041600 |
| OpenAlex | W3211966798 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 41 |
Does religiosity help or hinder the exercise of agency? This article brings new evidence to bear on this long-standing debate, examining the life and work of the indigenous activist and follower of liberation theology, Rigoberta Menchú, in Guatemala, and the experiences of a millenarian community in Brazil, particularly one of its leaders, Dona Dodô. The two cases elucidate the dynamics of agency and piety, challenging the idea that pious individuals lack agency. In particular, the article interrogates the construction of pious women as doubly oppressed by the forces of religion and patriarchy, and argues that, on the contrary, it was in the course of religious observance that Menchú and members of the millenarian community mounted challenges to ecclesiastical as well as political orders. Thus, the article underscores the possibilities for resistance and contention through piety rather than at odds with it. In studying these historical figures, the article looks beyond the Global North, which has inspired much of the theorising on religion and agency, to women and men marginalised by their ethnicity, poverty and rurality. In doing so, it demonstrates how religion can enable action among those far from traditional centres of power
Agency (philosophy) · History of religions · Indigenous · Millenarianism · Patriarchy · Piety · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Protestantism · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Religion and Society in Latin America · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |