LA RELEVANCIA CULTURAL, POLÍTICA Y SOCIAL DE LA RELIGIÓN EN LOS ALBORES DEL SIGLO XXI Comunicación del doctor Alfonso Santiago, en la sesión pública del Instituto de Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales, el 30 de abril de 2014 Las ideas que se exponen en esta publicación son de exclusiva responsabilidad de los autores, y no reflejan necesariamente la opinión de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Mor. [...] Mientras por un lado los hombres dan la impresión de ir detrás de la prosperidad material y de sumergirse cada vez más en el materialismo consumístico, por otro, manifiestan la angustiosa búsqueda de sentido, la necesidad de interioridad, el deseo de aprender nuevas formas y modos de concentración y de oración. [...] En un tercer momento el cuestionamiento es la existencia de un Dios personal y trascen- 12 Algunos historiadores y teólogos han puesto de manifiesto la influencia negativa que han tenido las guerras de religión europea de los siglos XVI y XVI en el surgimiento de una actitud de descreimiento por parte de algunos intelectuales europeos en el mismo surgimiento de la Modernidad. [...] Esto se reflejó en la revolución iraní de 1979, en el ascenso de los talibanes en Afganistán, en el renacer chiita y en las luchas religiosas de Irak de la posguerra, y en la victoria de Hamas en Palestina. [...] Ello pone de manifiesto la enseñanza de la antropología cultural acerca de que la dimensión religiosa es constitutiva de la realidad humana45, como lo es la cultura, la afectividad, la sexualidad, la faceta lúdica, la politi- cidad, lo lingüístico.

The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Journalism is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, challenges, past and present global issues and debates in this exciting subject. The first collection of its kind, this volume comprises over 25 chapters by a team of international contributors. This Handbook is divided into five parts, each taking global developments in the field into account: Theoretical Reflections Power and Authority Conflict, Radicalization and Populism Dialogue and Peacebuilding Trends Within these sections, central issues, debates and developments are examined, including religious and secular press; ethics; globalization; gender; datafication; differentiation; journalistic religious literacy; race and religious extremism. This volume is essential reading for students and researchers in journalism and religious studies. This Handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as sociology, communication studies, media studies and area studies.

There has been a significant but little-noticed aspect of the interface between science and religion, namely the widespread tendency of religions to appeal to science in support of their truth claims. Though the appeal to science is most evident in more recent religions like Christian Science and Scientology, no major faith tradition is exempt from this pattern. Members of almost every religion desire to see their ‘truths’ supported by the authority of science – especially in the midst of the present historical period, when all of the comforting old certainties seem problematic and threatened. The present collection examines this pattern in a wide variety of different religions and spiritual movements, and demonstrates the many different ways in which religions appeal to the authority of science. The result is a wide-ranging and uniquely compelling study of how religions adapt their message to one of the major challenges presented by the contemporary world.

Presents entries A to L of a two-volume encyclopedia discussing religion around the globe, including biographies, concepts and theories, places, social issues, movements, texts, and traditions.

This volume explores several notable themes related to social, political, and religious movements in Latin America and offers insightful historical perspectives to understand national, regional, and global issues from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. This volume’s collected chapters focus on the Latin American society and are divided into three sections. The first section, Social, presents some cultural, demographic, and urban changes that have occurred with increasing frequency in Latin America from the early twentieth century onward. The second section, Political, shows migratory, political, and identity movements that in recent decades have re-emerged with force. Finally, the third section, Religious, analyzes various Latin American religious visions with their particular characteristics. From the religious hegemony of Catholicism, a change in the religious panorama in the last decades can be seen intermingled with politics, history, and society.