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IHS Book Roundtable: "The New Faces of Neoliberal Christianity in Latin America”

In New Faces of God in Latin America: Emerging Forms of Vernacular Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2020), Professor Virginia Garrard poses two questions: What are the “New Faces of God” in Latin America? In what way are these new manifestations of “vernacular” Christianity any different from previous ones? Professor Garrard identifies various decentralized, bottom-up religious movements that, unlike previous movements, are controlled by local ministries whose ethnicity and backgrounds reflect that of the majority of the population: Indian, Black, Women. These movements reflect the actual racial, ethnic composition of local societies much better than did traditional forms of colonial Christian religion, usually in the hands of European, Creole elites or USA missionaries. In one sense these movements are deeply anticolonial. Studies of these new forms of religion in Africa and Asia cast these movements as peculiarly rooted in the “Global South.” Like previous manifestations of grass-roots, democratic theological experimentation and decentralization in the US, these spiritual movements rely on individual interpretations of the Old Testament and Pentecostal, demonological interpretations of the Act of the Apostles. These movements seek self-help and material success. They also seek to cut ties between individuals and traditional forms of communal, theological, or bureaucratic authority. These vernaculars movements are fast growing. They now represent a quarter of the population of Latin American. Inspired on Garrard’s new book, our panelists will explore the connections between these new religious movements and globalization-neoliberalism. They will probe whether the rise and global spread of these forms of right-wing-conservative-cum-anticolonial Christianity represent a challenge to prevailing theories of colonialism, modernity, and secularization. Featured Discussants: Dr. Paola Canova Associate Professor of Anthropology and Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) The University of Texas at Austin Dr. Virginia Garrard Professor, Department of History, and Faculty Affiliate, Department of Religious Studies, and Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) The University of Texas at Austin Dr. Jennifer Scheper Hughes Professor, Department of History University of California, Riverside Dr. Karina Kosicki Bellotti Professor, Department of History Federal University of Paraná (Brazil) Moderated by: Dr. Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professor of History; and Director, Institute of Historical Studies The University of Texas at Austin Introductions by: Ashley N. Garcia Graduate Research Assistant, Institute of Historical Studies; and Doctoral Candidate, Department of History The University of Texas at Austin