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Nelson Marín Alarcón — 2024-11-27

A study on the profiles of the people who made Alyiah from Argentina in 2022

Alejandro Cozachcow — 2024-11-27

The paper addresses Jewish migration from Argentina to Israel in the post-pandemic period. Results of a virtual survey conducted among people who made aliyah during 2022 are analyzed. According to data of the Jewish Agency for Israel, as of 2020, at the same time as the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the number of olim from Argentina increased considerably, doubling in 2021 and 2022 the previous numbers from 2019. Data analyzed here belongs to a larger ongoing research project that aims to understand the profiles of people who have made aliyah during the post-pandemic period. Three central dimensions are presented on the one hand, for the total number of people surveyed, and on the other hand, making a comparison between people who migrated alone or with their families. These three aspects account for: (a) sociodemographic characteristics, including place of origin, age, highest level of education, migration modality (single or with family); (b) links with Jewishness, taking into account participation in Jewish community organizations and Jewish educational spaces, identifications around Jewishness, and knowledge of the Hebrew language; (c) links with Israel, based on previous trips, having relatives and/or close friends, as well as the modalities by which they are informed about Israeli daily life. From an interdisciplinary approach in the field of social sciences and Jewish studies, this work seeks to contribute to the knowledge of the recent transformations of Jewish communities globally.

Some issues to consider regarding Sefarad and the Diaspora

Ariel S. Levy — 2024-11-27

It's the intention of this work to try to demonstrate, through examples linked to liturgical and secular references, the survival of Judeo-Spanish over time, without forgetting why it seems more appropriate to think about the idea of continuities and not ruptures after the expulsion of 1492 and certain aspects related to the attacks carried out in Hispania against Jews and converts. Our focus will be the durability of the ties underlying the identity brands of yesteryear.

Viktor Frankl: Meaning and Hope (A Yes to Life Under Any Circumstance). Some Problems of the Franklean Message in the Shoah

Antonia Tejeda Barros — 2024-11-27

Viktor Frankl is the thinker of meaning and hope. He was a Holocaust survivor and lost his parents, his brother and his wife in the Shoah. Frankl never surrendered to hopelessness and committed to optimism despite the tragic triad of life (suffering, guilt and death). His thesis is a yes to life in capital letters: human beings are beings in search of meaning, and life always has meaning, whatever the circumstances. This beautiful thesis is, nevertheless, a bit problematic in a gruesome scenario such as the Shoah. Frankl defines human beings as freedom, responsibility, spirituality and search for meaning. The present paper presents logotherapy from a philosophical perspective, includes a historical-biographical note since the Anschluss until the liberation, reflects on the search for meaning and the meaning of suffering, pondering on how some of Frankl’s thesis may have been useful to some victims in the German concentration camps (never in the extermination camps or in the massacres of the Einsatzgruppen) and how they can be an antidote against despair and suicide.

Religion as a factor of integration: symbols, religious practice and social networks around the Venezuelan immigrant in Chile (1990-2023)

Anahí Castro Suárez — 2024-11-27

Migration is a phenomenon that has accompanied humanity since its beginnings and, as such, has generated repercussions in different areas of human activity, both in the territory of arrival and in the migrants’ territory of origin. Within the context of mobility, people tend to bring with them various elements that constitute a fundamental part of their identity, one of which is religion. Although religion can be controversial, it is also a potential factor for integration in the new society, since it allows for connection with the territory of origin through known references. At the same time, it promotes the creation of social networks with compatriots with whom they share a history and a certain way of experiencing religion. In this line, we will try to elucidate how religion has helped Venezuelan immigrants to integrate into the country. To carry out this objective, semi—structured interviews were conducted with Venezuelan immigrants attending the Sacramentinos Church —Catholics—, located in the commune of Santiago. As a final aim, this study pretends to contribute to the understanding of religion as a determinant element: in the life of people —particularly migrants—, in society and in historical phenomena in general.

‘The Church is the Neighbourhood’: a popular education project in the 22 de Enero Neighborhood (La Matanza) and its connection with the liberation movement of historical Jesus

Dominique Granadino Urrutia — 2024-11-27

In the context of the recent inauguration of the Open School “Beato Gabriel Longueville” located in the 22 de Enero Neighborhood, in the Partido de La Matanza (Buenos Aires, Argentina), this article proposes an analysis of the popular education project driven by members of the parish “Beato Enrique Angelelli y Mártires Riojanos”, from an approach within the sociology of religion that aims to understand the current link between the Catholic church and the community, taking into account the literature developed around the liberation movement of the historical Jesus. Based on the testimonies collected in an interview with Father Daniel Echeverría and educator Patricio Bolton, main drivers of the project, regarding the work carried out by the parish in the community’s daily life and specifically in relation to the educational project, we constructed an analysis that establishes similarities and differences between the praxis of the Jesus movement and the concrete organization of a community marked by a history of struggle and resistance.

Catholic School Religious Education in Chile: Transforming the subject of religion in a context of religious pluralism (1975-2023)

Anastasia Laura Figueroa Madariaga — 2024-11-27

Throughout Chile's history, the Catholic Church has had a great influence on governmental and regulatory issues in the country. An example of this occurs in the educational field, where school religious education aims to promote the encounter with Jesus Christ and inculcate Christian values to solve the crisis of meaning experienced by young people. However, the question arises as to whether it is capable of fulfilling this role in the face of the new spiritual demands of students as a result of the socio-cultural transformations of society. In this context, the aim of this article is to analyze the impact of religious pluralism on the change of paradigm of Catholic school religious education (1975-2023). For this purpose, variables such as the historical permanence of the subject of religion in the Chilean educational system; the tensions and expressions of religious pluralism at present; and the influence of this phenomenon on the contents and methodologies developed in religious education were studied. Therefore, we worked with primary and secondary sources related to the subject, in addition to conducting a case study, through semi-structured interviews and focus groups at the Liceo Politécnico Sara Blinder Dargoltz in the commune of Santiago Centro, which belongs to the Red Educacional Santo Tomás de Aquino, whose foundation has been providing Catholic religious education in our country since 1870.

The new religious dancer: The Catholic Church's attempts to reconfigure the La Tirana Festival 1950-1989

Daniel Aravena Rojas — 2024-11-27

The main objective of this research is to analyze the relationship between the religious dances of La Tirana and the Catholic Church between 1950 and 1989. The sources used for this work range from the oral interview of the participants, press fragments and documents of the religious. The results show the existence of a conflict based on the way of representing and understanding religious practices by both groups. In this way, the Catholic Church through a series of strategies managed to evangelize the religious dancer from a clear Marian conception to a Christocentric one.

Business knowledge and religious-community logic: Rationalities in dispute to think about community reproduction in the Latin American Conservative or Masortí Jewish Movement

Vanesa Cynthia Lerner — 2024-11-27

The objective of this article is to analyze the ways in which Conservative Jewish Movement members dispute meanings about the use of business knowledge to think about community reproduction. I show how the interlocutors think about themselves, reflect on leadership and ways of communicating, what their values are and who they differ from. To do this, I develop those speeches that agree with use of business knowledge in Masorti communities. Then, in contrast, I show and analyze the actors' controversial feelings when masorti organizations use business categories. It is a qualitative research that uses the interpretive approach from a sociological perspective. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews and participant observation between 2011 and 2020.

Suárez, H. J. (2023). Guadalupanos en París. Ciudad de México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 326 páginas

Luis Bahamondes González — 2024-11-27

Cabrera, L. (2023). Morir en Pueblo Chico. Ritual mortuorio y sentimiento comunitario en Nilahue Cornejo. Santiago: Autoedición. 139 páginas.

Lily Jiménez Osorio — 2024-11-27

Mansilla, M; Panotto, N.; Quiroz, E (2023) Evangélicos y Socialismos (1930-1970): Antagonismos, agonismos y sinergismos religiosos y políticos. Santiago: RIL editores. 531 páginas.

David Alcántara Rojas — 2024-11-27