From resistance to militancy: the human rights defense by the evangelic churches (1976-1983) and the support of same sex marriage (2010) in Argentina

Religious actors are increasingly participating in the contemporary public arena. In Latin America, apart from the Catholic political activism, we have to add the activism of different evangelical groups. This article compares two processes of political participation of historical protestant churche...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Jones, Daniel, Cunial, Santiago Luján, Quintáns, Analía
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:Espiral Estudios sobre Estado y Sociedad
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:espiral.cucsh.udg.mx:article/321
Acceso en línea:http://espiral.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/EEES/article/view/321
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Evangélicos
participación política
Argentina
derechos humanos
matrimonio igualitario
Evangelicals
political participation
human rights
same-sex marriage
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Sumario:Religious actors are increasingly participating in the contemporary public arena. In Latin America, apart from the Catholic political activism, we have to add the activism of different evangelical groups. This article compares two processes of political participation of historical protestant churches in Argentina: the Human Rights’ defense during the military dictatorship (1976-1983) and the support to the same-sex marriage law (2010). Our hypothesis is that both historical processes share some significant characteristics to understand the styles of political participation of religious actors (not related to political parties): they adopted a public position in favor of both causes and formed alliances with other religious and nonreligious actors, among which they played a leadership role.