Faith and Religion in Globalized Megacities: A View from Manila

Against secularization theory and its variants, religions abound in cities not only in our globalized postmodern times but as they have always been. The fluid networks of cultures provide a fertile backdrop for their proliferation and flourishing. Two observations about religion in the megacity Mani...

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Auteur principal: Pilario, Daniel Franklin (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: SCM Press [2019]
Dans: Concilium
Année: 2019, Numéro: 1, Pages: 73-83
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Manila / Mégapole / Religion / Église catholique
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
CH Christianisme et société
KBM Asie
KDB Église catholique romaine
Sujets non-standardisés:B Economic Structure
B MEGALOPOLIS
B Secularization
B Religion
B Faith
B URBAN planning & culture
B Religiousness
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Résumé:Against secularization theory and its variants, religions abound in cities not only in our globalized postmodern times but as they have always been. The fluid networks of cultures provide a fertile backdrop for their proliferation and flourishing. Two observations about religion in the megacity Manila: first, the everyday religious practice of grassroots communities, mostly dubbed by outsiders as popular religiosity, to our assessment is the natural expression of all religions in contact with others. Second, the institutional Church becomes an ambivalent force in this context: on the one hand, it provides an alternative system to what the oppressive political and global economic structures neglect; on the other hand, it still needs to open itself more to contending and plural social forces characteristic of urban cosmopolitan cultures.
ISSN:0010-5236
Contient:Enthalten in: Concilium