Religious Fragmentation, Social Disintegration? Social Networks and Evangelical Protestantism in Rural Andean Bolivia

Walsh-Dilley, Marygold

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“…In 1938 the first missioners arrived in Cochabamba (Mansilla et al, 2020). By the 1950s there was a Pentecostal spree wave across Bolivia, increasing the number of adepts (Walsh-Dilley, 2019). For example, in 1996 eleven temples were registered in Cochabamba, eight of them in rural areas (Rivière, 2007).…”

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Eroding Traditional Ecological Knowledge. A Case Study in Bolivia

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The capacity of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to adapt to and co-evolve with changes in its socioecological system (SES) is well known. However, insights are needed to understand if and how TEK´s spiritual, social, and ecological dimensions relate to each other. Our paper contributes to this broader question by identifying the main socioecological factors that impact the transmission of TEK within and across generations and by exploring how the co-evolution of TEK with its socioecological system can be strengthened. Based on both quantitative and qualitative data on the traditional ways of weather forecasting in a rural area of Bolivia, we found four factors affecting TEK transmission: formal education, migration, a new religion, and the politicization of rural unions. Despite the slow disappearance of TEK, we also found that interest in TEK can be refreshed through the co-creation of hybrid knowledge. Response to Reviewers:We appreciate the opportunity to address the comments on our manuscript HUEC-D-21-00364, previously entitled: Traditional ecological knowledge. New agricultures, new religions, new education. We are grateful for the reviewers' positive and valuable comments throughout this process and are confident that the comments have been addressed in our renewed manuscript. We dealt with the comments and sent already a newer version of the manuscript on July 8th by mail since we did not get further instructions. However, on August 25th we got a response through the platform with the same suggestions as the first time. This situation confused us. Hence, we focused on shortening the document. We attached to the manuscript a rebuttal letter showing how we have dealt with the comments of the reviewers. We trust that the changes introduced have improved the manuscript considerably, and we hope that it can be published soon.

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Integrated multi-scalar analysis of vulnerability to environmental hazards: Assessing extreme flooding in western Amazonia

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Protestant Missionaries Are Associated With Reduced Community Cohesion

Hager

2021

Sociology of Religion

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Do Protestant missionaries affect community cohesion? This study puts forth two mechanisms that link missionaries to trusting, cooperative community life: pro-social preferences and social networks. On the one hand, Protestant missionaries espouse charity, and they establish regular venues of social interaction. On the other hand, Protestant missionaries propagate an individualist faith, and they provide an identity along which communities may separate. The effect of Protestant missionaries on community cohesion is thus unclear. To make headway on these conflicting theoretical predictions, we study variation in missionary activity in southeastern Peru. We document that villages with Protestant missions show lower levels of community cohesion compared to non-missionized, Catholic villages. We point to weakened networks as the most likely causal channel and show that effect sizes are particularly large among Pentecostal missionaries.

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Religious Fragmentation, Social Disintegration? Social Networks and Evangelical Protestantism in Rural Andean Bolivia

Cited by 4 publications

References 44 publications

Eroding Traditional Ecological Knowledge. A Case Study in Bolivia

Eroding Traditional Ecological Knowledge. A Case Study in Bolivia

Integrated multi-scalar analysis of vulnerability to environmental hazards: Assessing extreme flooding in western Amazonia

Protestant Missionaries Are Associated With Reduced Community Cohesion

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