The Revolution is Religious: Religion, Peace, and New Public Spheres in Colombia
This article considers the construction of new and alternative publics in Colombia following the 2016 Peace Accords. Through practices of reconciliation based on collective economic practices, and the moral imperatives that motivate them, this paper traces the discourses and practices of belief that...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Journal of religion & society. Supplement
Year: 2024, Volume: 25, Pages: 137-158 |
| Further subjects: | B
Belief
B Colombia B Public Sphere B Restorative Justice B Religion B Peace Accords |
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| Summary: | This article considers the construction of new and alternative publics in Colombia following the 2016 Peace Accords. Through practices of reconciliation based on collective economic practices, and the moral imperatives that motivate them, this paper traces the discourses and practices of belief that sustain the possibility of peaceful publics in Colombia. Specifically, this essay considers the ways new publics and counter-subjectivities are being created, among others, by communities of victims and former guerrilla combatants in the southwestern region of Colombia. These initiatives to "create anew" emerge as strategies to generate innovative social, political and, above all, economic relations aimed at territorial restoration amid ongoing violence, and to further generate conditions of peacebuilding. Whereas civil wars annihilate the plural public sphere, peace requires multiple publics that are committed to reimagined social relations and economic structures that serve the public good, and guarantee that debate, conflict, disagreement, and negotiation can occur without the use of violence. |
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| ISSN: | 1941-8450 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion & society. Supplement
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