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Political Participation of Evangelicals in Colombia 1990 – 2017
Political Participation of Evangelicals in Colombia 1990 – 2017

Author(s): Bibiana Ortega
Subject(s): Civil Society, Politics and religion
Published by: Центар за проучавање религије и верску толеранцију
Keywords: religious mobilization; evangelical political parties; politics and religion; Colombia

Summary/Abstract: The political participation of evangelicals in Colombia has been the conse quence of two waves of religious mobilization. I hypothesis is that religious mobi lization in the political field has been based on the demand for religious equality (in the 1990s) and the defense of Christian morality (in the 2010s). My objective is to describe the two wave of evangelical political mobilization in Colombia and its implications for the political arena. I have used diverse documentary sources (in ternal documents of some parties, books, dissertations, journals) and interviews with political and religious leaders, as well as some years of participant observa tion in some religious services and political meetings.

  • Issue Year: XII/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 17-54
  • Page Count: 38
  • Language: English