The more conscious religious actors are of the construction of their identity, the more participatory they can be in the community of faith they wish to be. "Religious practice can promote social and political action or it can nullify it."
In his thesis Pablo Moreno, Director of the Commission for Restoration, Life and Peace of the Evangelical Council of Colombia (CEDECOL), sheds light on the role of religion in developing societies.
Based on a case study of the impact of neo-Pentecostalism on the identity of the Baptist churches of Cali, Colombia we can understand how the religious field in Latin America has been transformed from the end of the 20th century to the present.
"My main motivation was to understand how religious identities are constructed. In my thesis I show that identities are indeed constructions, that to the extent that we are aware of that reality we can influence these processes intentionally."
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