Resiliencia, inculturación y sincretismo religioso. Notas etnográficas acerca de la pastoral afrocolombiana

Resiliencia, inculturación y sincretismo religioso. Notas etnográficas acerca de la pastoral afrocolombiana

Resilience, Inculturation and Religious Syncretism: Ethnographic Notes about the Afrocolombian Pastoral Care

Resilienza, Inculturazione e Sicretismo Religioso: Note Etnografiche sulla pastorale Afrocolombiana

Alì, Maurizio; Basabe Murillo, Daniel Felipe; Magak, Matthew Arose

Abstract: This paper aims to describe some aspects of the Afro-American culture in Colombia starting from the observation of its religious manifestations. The ethnographic analysis of the activities carried out within the framework of the Afro-Colombian Catholic pastoral care allows us to reflect on the importance of the notions of identity, corporeality and spirituality for the descendants of former African slaves in Colombia. From an anthropological point of view, the Afro-Colombian pastoral can be analyzed as a peculiar form of religious syncretism which demonstrates the resilience of African descendents faced with the pressure of the enculturation process led by the Catholic Church.

Keywords: Colombia, Diaspora, Cultural identity, Enculturation, Catholic Church (Roman), Social adjustment, African, Syncretism, Religiousness, Liberation theology, Spirituality, Andean Region, Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology, Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature, Sociology of Religion, Black Theology, Afro-American culture, Urban cults.

Alì, Maurizio; Basabe Murillo, Daniel Felipe & Magak, Matthew Arose. (2014). "Resiliencia, inculturación y sincretismo religioso. Notas etnográficas acerca de la pastoral afrocolombiana". DADA - Rivista di Antropologia Post Globale, n.2: 53-72. ISSN 2240-0192.

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