Adventism, prophetic social activism, and indigenous demands in Puno 1911-1925

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https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-47272023000100209

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Adventism, evangelization, Aymara, Quechua, mediations

Abstract

This paper explains the causes of the success of Adventist evangelism between Aymara and Quechua in Puno, Peru, during the second and middle of the third decades of the twentieth century, from the perspective of the mediation theory. In this regard, we show the symbolic mediation of the core of eschatological beliefs, which affirm the imminence of the end of times, in promoting the missionary project. We expose the pragmatic mediation of Adventist work in the areas of health and education in relation to the needs and demands of indigenous communities, and its impact on the literacy of their people. We analyze the social mediation of the evangelization program that is articulated with modernizing social change processes, contributing to the substitution of a caste social structure for a class social structure. As a result, the Seventh-day Adventist Church takes root and grows steadily among the indigenous population, until transforming the Lake Titicaca Mission into the most important Adventist association in South America during this period.

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Author Biographies

Rodrigo Moulian, Universidad Austral de Chile

PhD in Anthropology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Professor of the Instituto de Comunicación Social, Universidad Austral de Chile (Valdivia, Chile).

Miguel Ángel Mansilla, Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado de la Universidad Arturo Prat (Iquique, Chile).

Doctor en Antropología, Universidad Católica del Norte y Universidad de Tarapacá, Chile. Investigador asociado a la Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado de la Universidad Arturo Prat (Iquique, Chile). [email protected]

References

El establecimiento del adventismo en el Departamento de Puno, Perú, ha sido abordado previamente desde la perspectiva de la historia misional de la propia iglesia (Westphal, 1960, 1961; Wearner, 1972, 1978; Teel, 1989, 2013; Mosquera, 2014) y su obra educativa (Alomia, 1996; Rodríguez, 2018), así como en el marco de estudios de la historia del protestantismo (Kessler, 1967), de la tolerancia de culto en el Perú (Armas, 1998) y de los procesos de transculturación religiosa (La Serna, 2012). El tema también constituye un tópico importante en trabajos de historia local (Chambi, 1985; Núñez, 2008) y en estudios del desarrollo de la educación en Puno (Apaza, 1948; Chambi, 1959; Chambi, 2007; Ruelas, 2016, 2017).

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Published

2023-09-15

How to Cite

Moulian, R., & Mansilla, M. Ángel. (2023). Adventism, prophetic social activism, and indigenous demands in Puno 1911-1925. Cultura Y Religión, 17, 1–33. https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-47272023000100209

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Vol. 17 (2023)

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Artículos de investigación

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