Genaro Zalpa, Department of Sociology, Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico

Seminar

A church for the voiceless? Religion, politics and social justice in Latin America

The relationship between religion and social justice has recently become an important topic in debates about development policy and development cooperation. Latin America is the most unequal region in the world in terms of income and living conditions, but also one with strong religious traditions and churches. Important currents within these traditions have historically promoted social justice, and given a voice to marginalized groups. This seeming paradox gives rise to a number of questions that will be addressed in this seminar: How does religion, and more precisely, Latin American religiosity, think about and promote equality and social justice today? Is the reproduction of inequality and poverty an unintended result of religious world visions, ethics, and pastoral strategies? Do religions play a role in politics and policies fighting or reproducing inequality and poverty, on an individual, community and national level?

Place: Litteraturhuset, Oslo
Date: Wednesday 1 December
Language: English

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The seminar is supported by The CLACSO-CROP Programme on Poverty Research, UiB Global and Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen.

Video by Forum Latin-Amerika (FLAMME), with the support of SAIFF
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