La Luz del Mundo’s Social and Charitable Activities

Before it acquired an international notoriety for the arrest of its current leader in California on charges of sexual abuse in 2019, La Luz del Mundo was well-known and respected in various quarters for its massive social and charitable activities. The article...

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1. VerfasserIn: Šorytė, Rosita 1965- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: [2020]
In: The journal of CESNUR
Jahr: 2020, Band: 4, Heft: 2, Seiten: 44-56
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Iglesia la Luz del Mundo / Wohltätigkeitsorganisation
RelBib Classification:AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik
AZ Neue Religionen
KBR Lateinamerika
KDH Christliche Sondergemeinschaften
ZA Sozialwissenschaften
weitere Schlagwörter:B Alma de Mujer y Vida
B Samuel Joaquín Flores
B Alma Zamora de Joaquín
B Hospital Siloé
B Eva García de Joaquín
B Light of the World
B Naasón Joaquín García
B La Luz del Mundo
B Sâmann University of Jalisco
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Zusammenfassung:Before it acquired an international notoriety for the arrest of its current leader in California on charges of sexual abuse in 2019, La Luz del Mundo was well-known and respected in various quarters for its massive social and charitable activities. The article explores the origin of those activities in La Luz del Mundo’s interpretation of both Christianity and the values of the Mexican Revolution, and their development in the fields of education, health care,charity, gender equality, and the prevention and relief of domestic violence, concluding with a look at possible future developments after the current crisis.
ISSN:2532-2990
Enthält:Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.2.4