Exploring the Nonaffiliated in South America

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ID8200834
AuthorsNéstor Da C Costa (0000-0002-6719-8424, Universidad Católica del Uruguay, corresponding author), G Morello Sj (0000-0002-0332-9616, Boston College), Gustavo Morello (Boston College), Hugo H Rabbia (0000-0001-9241-5155, Facultad de Psicología, Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas (IIPsi), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Boulevard de la Reforma, esquina Enf. Gordillo, Ciudad Universitaria, CP: 5000, Córdoba, Argentina, Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Av. Armada Argentina 3555, CP: 5017, Córdoba, Argentina), Catalina Romero (0000-0002-6926-9484, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Av. Universitaria 1801, Lima 15088, Peru)
Year2021
Volume89
Issue2
Pages562-587
Publication date2021-07-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Academy of Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7189 • E-ISSN: 1477-4585
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/jaarel/lfab045
OpenAlexW3167298463
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited19

This work explores the phenomenon of the “nonaffiliated” in Latin America and presents partial results of a qualitative research project that included in-depth interviews with fifty-eight nonaffiliated in Cordoba (Argentina), Lima (Peru), and Montevideo (Uruguay). After analyzing the main differences between nonbelievers and believers who have no religious affiliation, we propose a typology for understanding these two groups, which display great diversity within themselves while adopting characteristics of the cultures of their own countries. Three large groups are identified: atheists, nonconfessional, and indifferent. Among the atheists, we find two emphases: militant and indifferent. Among the nonconfessional believers, three groups are identified: those who engage in individual practices related to transcendence, those who engage in collective practices, and those who abandoned Christianity yet express their religiosity in the same keys. The indifferent are those to whom religion deserves no attention

Christianity · Diversity (politics) · Epistemology · Latin Americans · Militant · Phenomenon · Political science · Religiosity · Sociology · Transcendence (philosophy) · Typology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society in Latin America · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies · Social Psychology

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