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Modernity

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Modernity designates the social configuration that intends to introduce a break with the past. This rupture can be thought of both in opposition to religion (which would incarnate tradition) and based on religion (religion as a force for modernization). In Latin America, religions occupy both positions, which has generated local theorizations that emphasize the coexistence between modernity and tradition. The New Era expressions allow understanding ways in which limits between social spheres are defined and reconfigured. They thus contribute to a critical understanding of modernity, which requires specifically located analyses that are capable of considering the historic processes of its production.

Introduction

Dilemmas mark the relationship between Latin America and modernity. The fact that the continent belongs to the West carries the perspective of identification. Since the first contacts, the decimation and/or dismantling of most of the native societies created an...

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Giumbelli, E. (2015). Modernity. In: Gooren, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08956-0_43-1

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