Card-Carrying Christians: Debt and the Making of Free Market Spirituality in Colombia

IF 0.8 3区哲学 0 RELIGION

Journal of Contemporary Religion Pub Date : 2022-09-02 DOI:10.1080/13537903.2022.2064658

Bernice Martin

引用次数: 3

Abstract

This book addresses an important aspect of contemporary religious life in Colombia, and by extension anywhere that the “ prosperity gospel ” has taken root. Working with extensive data from interviews, case studies, and a lengthy experience of field work in Colombia, Bartel sheds light on the fact that many in these churches rely on credit (and credit cards now widely diffused in the country) to enable a self-presentation of prosperity. The unsurprising result is that many believers end up with crushing debt burdens. The author presents a wealth of original ethnographic data, and she knows both the general issues about religious change and the specifics of Colombian society and history very well. The result is a really fresh analysis, as well as a significant contribution to contemporary scholarship

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持证基督徒:哥伦比亚的债务与自由市场灵性的形成

这本书讲述了哥伦比亚当代宗教生活的一个重要方面，以及“繁荣福音”扎根的任何地方。巴特尔通过采访、案例研究和在哥伦比亚的长期实地工作经验，揭示了这样一个事实，即这些教堂中的许多人依靠信用卡（以及现在在该国广泛分布的信用卡）来自我展示繁荣。不出所料的结果是，许多信徒最终背负着沉重的债务负担。作者提供了丰富的原始民族志数据，她非常了解宗教变革的一般问题以及哥伦比亚社会和历史的具体情况。这一结果是一个非常新颖的分析，也是对当代学术的重大贡献

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期刊介绍： Journal of Contemporary Religion is an international peer reviewed journal. Its purpose is to both document and evaluate the anthropological, sociological, psychological, and philosophical aspects of emerging manifestations of religiosity in any part of the world—whether within innovative movements or mainstream institutions. The term ''religion'' in the title of this journal is understood to include contributions on spirituality. Moreover, as the journal title suggests, the focus is on contemporary issues. Therefore, the editors of Journal of Contemporary Religion welcome submissions which deal with: classical topics in the study of religion, such as secularisation and the vitality of religion or traditional sectarian movements; more recent developments in the study of religion, including religion and social problems, religion and the environment, religion and education, the transmission of religion, the materialisation and visualisation of religion in various forms, new forms of religious pluralism, the rise of new forms of religion and spirituality, religion and the Internet, religion and science, religion and globalisation, religion and the economy, etc. theoretical approaches to the study of religion; discussions of methods in relation to empirical research; qualitative and quantitative research and related issues. The Journal includes reviews of books which reflect the above themes.