First the Revolutionary Culture Innovations in Empowered Citizenship from Evangelical Highland Peru
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2013
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0094582X13484293
Abstract
The long-standing marginalization of highland Peru, coupled with the terrible violence of the 1980s and 1990s civil war, make it a difficult place for political mobilization. Nevertheless, one village successfully asserted its self-determination in the face of an exploitative political economy through conversion to Evangelical Christianity. A revolutionary cultural break from the mainstream created a vibrant local subculture that stressed brotherhood and provided meaning to adherents, allowing them to seize local opportunities to assert a more egalitarian social reality. While specific to this village’s conditions, these experiences speak to broader possibilities for innovative social change through novel combinations of cultural practices and political concerns.
Publication Information
Scarritt, Arthur. (2013). "First the Revolutionary Culture Innovations in Empowered Citizenship from Evangelical Highland Peru". Latin American Perspectives, 40(4), 101-120.