Creencia e increencia desde las vivencias cotidianas. Una mirada desde Uruguay

Abstract

ResumoNos últimos anos, a bibliografia internacional vem desenvolvendo tentativas de entender e caracterizar aqueles que se definem como crentes sem afiliação a nenhuma instituição religiosa, bem como por aqueles que se definem como incrédulos. Vários estudos quantitativos relataram esse fenômeno em nossa região que mostra disparidades claras entre os diferentes países da América Latina. Este artigo centra-se em explorar as características desses dois grupos com base em uma pesquisa qualitativa que se concentra na forma como os indivíduos vivem sua relação com transcendência ou com não crença na cidade de Montevidéu, no Uruguai. Palavras-chave: Crentes sem afiliação, não crentes, ateus, religião vivida, Uruguai. Creencia e increencia desde las vivencias cotidianas. Una mirada desde Uruguay ResumenEn los últimos años la bibliografía internacional ha venido desarrollando intentos de comprensión y caracterización de quienes se definen como creyentes sin afiliación a ninguna institución religiosa, así como por quienes se definen como no creyentes. Varios estudios cuantitativos han dado cuenta de ese fenómeno en nuestra región que evidencia claras disparidades entre los diferentes países de América Latina. Este artículo se centra en explorar las características de esos dos grupos a partir de una investigación cualitativa que pone su atención en la forma en que cotianamente, las personas viven su relación con la trascendencia o con la no creencia en la ciudad de Montevideo, Uruguay. Palabras clave: Creyentes sin afiliación, no creyentes, ateos, religión vivida, Uruguay. * Néstor a Costa es sociólogo graduado en la Universidad de la República. Obtuvo su doctorado en la Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao. Es investigador y docente en la Universidad Católica del Uruguay. AbstractIn recent years the international bibliography, has been developing attempts to understand and characterize those people who define themselves as believers without affiliation to any religious institution, as well as by those who define themselves as unbelievers, in English usually "nones". Several quantitative studies have reported this phenomenon in our region that shows clear disparities between the different countries of Latin America. This article focuses on exploring the characteristics of these two groups based on a qualitative research that focuses on the way in which individuals live their relationship with transcendence or with non belief in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay.La categoría "agnóstico" se refiere a quienes afirman que no pueden pronunciarse acerca de la existencia o no existencia de Dios.2 La Primera encuesta sobre creencias y actitudes religiosas en Argentina de 2008 realizada por el CEIL PIETTE CONICET utiliza la categoría "indiferentes" en lugar de creyentes sin iglesia o ateos.

Lived religion beyond words: A denotative analysis of participant-produced photos of meaningful objects

“…1 In these cities, researchers built a non-random sample of 251 respondents (89 in Córdoba, 82 in Lima, 80 in Montevideo) upon two variables: (1) religious self-identification segmented into four different categories: Catholics, Protestants (including mainline Protestants, Evangelicals, and Pentecostals), Other Traditions (Jewish, Mormons, Buddhists, Jehovah Witnesses, Adventists, Muslims, Umbanda), and Non-Affiliated (unaffiliated and disaffiliated believers, agnostic and atheist); and (2) socioeconomic status (SES) segmented into two categories: upper/middle, and lower SES. Religious affiliation was self-reported by the subjects and SES determined according to national standards, so as to facilitate local comparisons with national data (AAM et al, 2006;Da Costa et al, 2019). In all three countries, SES standards include measures of income, education, living conditions (if the house has a refrigerator, internal bathroom, dirt or concrete floor, etc.…”

“…We are also grateful for the Research Expense Grant from Boston College's Vice Provost for Research Office, and a matching grant from Boston College's Sociology Department Note 1. In Montevideo, where almost half of Uruguay's 3.5 million inhabitants live, 42% or the population identify as Catholic, 37% Non-Affiliated, 15% Protestants, and 6% as of Other Traditions (Da Costa et al, 2019). In Lima, Peru's capital with a population of more than 10 million, 78% identify as Catholics, 16% as Protestant, 3% Non-Affiliated, and 3% as members of Other Traditions (Romero-Cevallos, 2019).…”

Understanding the Reasons That Lead Young People in Bogota to Identify as Atheist and Agnostic

“…Thus, in Colombia, as in most countries linked to the Christian tradition, it is increasingly legitimate to consider religious identity as a choice to be made based on one's personal preferences, just as the percentage of the population that considers inherited religious identity as something to be preserved is decreasing . In Latin America, between the various religious identities to choose from, atheism and agnosticism seem to be gaining legitimacy (Da Costa 2017;Fuentes Belgrave et al 2021;.…”

Mapping Religion's Other: A Review of the Study of Nonreligion and Secularity

“…These developments notwithstanding, scholarship on religion's other is still in its infancy in some areas. For instance, very little is known about nonreligious individuals and nonbelievers outside of the developed, Western world, with some notable exceptions of preliminary research in India (Quack ), Egypt (Eller ), and South America (Costa ). At least one of the major grants in this area is designed to improve our understanding of the manifestations of religion's other around the world (Lois Lee and Jonathan Altman's Understanding Unbelief research program).…”