Diversidad de prácticas religiosas en las villas de la ciudad de Buenos Aires

Abstract

Diversidad de prácticas religiosas en las villas de la ciudad de Buenos Aires R El trabajo describe y analiza la diversidad de prácticas religiosas de habitantes de villas de Buenos Aires. Se basa en datos agregados relevados con un cuestionario aplicado a una muestra representativa de residentes de estos territorios. Se presenta primero una discusión sobre el concepto de religiosidad popular del que surge la aproximación al de prácticas religiosas que guía el análisis. Presentamos luego la incidencia y característica de dieciocho prácticas, comparando, donde es posible, con datos del Atlas de las creencias religiosas coordinado por Mallimaci (2013). Ahondamos con mayor profundidad en algunas de ellas: la de efectuar una promesa y la de tener altares en espacios domésticos; exploramos asimismo el peso de los medios de comunicación e internet como espacios que sostienen algunas prácticas y su incidencia en la ruptura con la identidad territorial de estos pobladores. Finalizamos analizando la autopercepción sobre el grado de práctica y su cambio a lo largo del tiempo, concluyendo que esta pareciera mantenerse estable y conformándose como una dimensión que acompaña «naturalmente» sus vidas. Los interrogantes del trabajo son: ¿cuáles son y qué características tienen las prácticas religiosas? ¿Qué expresan? ¿Qué vinculación tienen con los marcos institucionales religiosos? ¿Cómo se vinculan con los territorios en los que habitan? ¿Cuál es la vinculación entre prácticas y vivencias religiosas? Palabras clave: prácticas religiosas, religiosidad popular, villas de emergencia de Buenos Aires. Diverse religious practices in Buenos Aires slums A The article describes and analyses the diversity of religious practices of Buenos Aires slums inhabitants. The analysis is based on aggregate data obtained through a questionnaire applied to a representative sample of residents. First, we present a discussion on the concept of popular religiosity that sustains our understanding of religious practices. We then analyze the incidence and characteristics of 18 practices, comparing them, when possible, with data from the Atlas of religious diversity coordinated by Mallimaci (2013). We delve into more depth on some of them: making a promise to a devoted figure, and having a domestic altar. We also explore the weight of the mass media and internet as spaces that sustain some practices. We end the study analyzing self-perception on the degree of religious practice, and its change over time; concluding that it tends to be stable; a dimension that is «naturally» part of their lives. The guiding questions of this article are: What are the characteristics of religious practices? What do they express? How do they relate to institutional religious settings? How do they relate to the territories inhabited? How do religious practices and religious experience relate?

A framework for urban integration: the case of Buenos Aires

“…It has used the informal settlements of the City of Buenos Aires as empirical ground to demonstrate the emancipatory potential of using the capability approach as analytical lens to address disadvantages. It has illustrated how capability-friendly policies can be 'operationalized' and 11 According to the survey directed by Suárez (2015), the population in these communities is mostly Christian, like in the rest of the City, but there is a higher proportion of Evangelical, 16 per cent compared to 3 per cent of Evangelicals in the formal areas of the city. Most of these churches are Pentecostals and affiliated to very small and marginal churches located inside the settlements, unlike the Catholic parishes which are linked to other parts of the city.…”

“…In other words, capability-friendly policies require setting the conditions that enable people to exercise agency in a way that promotes the good of the community. Given that a large number of CSOs which are active in the settlements have a religious foundation, and given the importance of religious expression in these territories of urban marginality (Suárez, 2015), the next section analyses the role that religion could play in expanding capabilities and building social competencies. It focuses on how religion has contributed to shaping the agency of the residents of the informal settlements of the City of Buenos Aires.…”

The construction of the sacred through photographs displayed in Latin American homes

“…Sometimes, these spots are built around official religious idioms (Native deities, crosses, images of the virgin Mary, saints). However, people also add other mementos, sculptures, pictures of persons dead and alive, flowers, cards, and candles – things that are deemed ‘other than’ similar ones that remain in the mundane (Ameigeiras, 2008; De La Torre, 2012, 2016; Pérez, 2019; Suárez, 2015).…”

As contribuições e dilemas dos estudos quantitativos nas ciências sociais da religião na América Latina

“…En el nivel local de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, un estudio en sectores empobrecidos examinó sobre las creencias en las villas miserias (Suárez, 2015). La indagación pone en escala las múltiples expresiones de la religiosidad popular, largamente profundizadas desde enfoques y herramientas etnográficas.…”