Sitna Quiroz
Durham University, Theology and Religion, Faculty Member
- Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography, Latin American Studies, Social Anthropology, Mexico (Anthropology), West Africa Studies, and 10 moreBenin, Christianity, Spirituality, Religion, Anthropology, Anthropology of Religion, Anthropology of Christianity, African Studies, Atlantic Slave Trade, and History of World Christianityedit
En este libro se analiza de manera integral un movimiento religioso de carácter milenarista y tradicional, encabezado por una mujer nahua a quien la investigadora describe como una joven con un gran liderazgo carismático. Muchos... more
En este libro se analiza de manera integral un movimiento religioso de carácter milenarista y tradicional, encabezado por una mujer nahua a quien la investigadora describe como una joven con un gran liderazgo carismático. Muchos movimientos religiosos de este tipo han surgido en la Huasteca, lo mismo que en otras zonas campesinas tanto indígenas como mestizas; el que aquí se aborda fue estudiado por medio de los actores y una serie de condiciones y circunstancias diversas de carácter social, agrario, político y religioso, así como en el marco social de un ambiente caracterizado por la discriminación, represión y explotación de los mestizos hacia los indígenas. Una de las conclusiones es que con frecuencia estos cambios religiosos responden justamente a las condiciones en que se mantiene a los pueblos indígenas de México.
This book comprehensively explores a religious movement of traditional and millennial character headed by a Nahua woman whom the researcher describes as a young woman with a remarkable charismatic leadership. Many religious movements of this type have emerged in the Huasteca region, as well as in other rural areas in Mexico, both indigenous and mestizo, throughout Mexican history. The hereby studied movement is analyzed through the stakeholders’ point of view and a number of conditions including social, agricultural, political and religious. Similarly, it is situated in a social framework, which environment is characterized by discrimination, repression and exploitation of mestizos towards indigenous peoples. One of the conclusions is that often these religious movements and religious changes respond to the conditions of exploitation to which indigenous peoples in Mexico remain subjects.
http://www.amazon.com/Evangelizacion-fanatismo-Huasteca-Bautista-Hernandez/dp/9684966407
This book comprehensively explores a religious movement of traditional and millennial character headed by a Nahua woman whom the researcher describes as a young woman with a remarkable charismatic leadership. Many religious movements of this type have emerged in the Huasteca region, as well as in other rural areas in Mexico, both indigenous and mestizo, throughout Mexican history. The hereby studied movement is analyzed through the stakeholders’ point of view and a number of conditions including social, agricultural, political and religious. Similarly, it is situated in a social framework, which environment is characterized by discrimination, repression and exploitation of mestizos towards indigenous peoples. One of the conclusions is that often these religious movements and religious changes respond to the conditions of exploitation to which indigenous peoples in Mexico remain subjects.
http://www.amazon.com/Evangelizacion-fanatismo-Huasteca-Bautista-Hernandez/dp/9684966407
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Based on ethnographic research in the Republic of Benin, this article explores how Pentecostal teachings on marriage and the management of sexual pleasure contribute to shaping converts' moral selves. For Pentecostals, fidelity towards... more
Based on ethnographic research in the Republic of Benin, this article explores how Pentecostal teachings on marriage and the management of sexual pleasure contribute to shaping converts' moral selves. For Pentecostals, fidelity towards God, when single and fidelity between partners, once married, is presented as the ideal model of partnership to which every " Born-Again " should aspire. In the context where polygamous unions are socially accepted, Pentecostal pastors teach that a satisfactory sexual life restricted to marriage is the means of building successful monogamous unions. However, sexual satisfaction might not always guarantee marital success, especially when people face problems of infertility. The author suggests that the disciplinary regimes that these teachings promote contribute to shaping new modes of intimacy, which are compatible with societal changes but often contradict the extant social norms and ideals of reproduction. Moral dilemmas arising from this tension are the key to understanding how Pentecostal Christianity shapes the moral self. The article addresses how Pentecostals in Benin navigate and negotiate cultural continuities and discontinuities in relation to church authority and family life.