Popular-Indigenous Catholicism in Southern Mexico

This paper examines popular indigenous religiosity in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca in the 1990s, in the context of a “progressive” pastoral program formed within the campaign of the New Evangelization, and attuned to the region’s large indigenous population. Based on ethnographic research in...

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Main Author:	Kristin Norget
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:	Religions
Subjects:	Catholicism popular religion death ritual Vatican II New Evangelization
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/7/531

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spelling	doaj-584ce4f229bd4dadae6f3b5fe9e31cf12021-07-23T14:03:51ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442021-07-011253153110.3390/rel12070531Popular-Indigenous Catholicism in Southern MexicoKristin Norget0Department of Anthropology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T7, CanadaThis paper examines popular indigenous religiosity in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca in the 1990s, in the context of a “progressive” pastoral program formed within the campaign of the New Evangelization, and attuned to the region’s large indigenous population. Based on ethnographic research in an urban Oaxacan context, I offer an account of the popular Catholic ritualization of death which highlights its independence, and sensuous, material, collective orientation. I approach popular Catholicism as a field of potential tension, hybridity, and indeterminacy, encompassing the discourses and teachings of the Catholic Church in continuous interaction with people’s own sacred imaginaries and domestic devotional practices.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/7/531Catholicismpopular religiondeathritualVatican IINew Evangelization
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description	This paper examines popular indigenous religiosity in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca in the 1990s, in the context of a “progressive” pastoral program formed within the campaign of the New Evangelization, and attuned to the region’s large indigenous population. Based on ethnographic research in an urban Oaxacan context, I offer an account of the popular Catholic ritualization of death which highlights its independence, and sensuous, material, collective orientation. I approach popular Catholicism as a field of potential tension, hybridity, and indeterminacy, encompassing the discourses and teachings of the Catholic Church in continuous interaction with people’s own sacred imaginaries and domestic devotional practices.
topic	Catholicism popular religion death ritual Vatican II New Evangelization
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Popular-Indigenous Catholicism in Southern Mexico

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