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The present research seeks to investigate the intimate link between popular piety and the ecological dimension, starting from the proposal of an integral ecology based on the magisterium of Francis. The hypothesis is that this proposal should strengthen and renew the ecological dimension of popular piety, in view of the challenges of the socio-environmental crisis. The analysis of the present research dispenses with an empirical, aesthetic and/or sociological approach to the phenomenon of popular piety. Rather, the approach is theological-speculative, in order to elicit those theological indications that could strengthen the ecological relationship between the Christian-Catholic faith and the Earth as a common home, through the exercises of popular piety, religious festivities, among others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this article is to study some aspects of God's conception in the Peruvian popular piety. Taking into account international and national polls, we have mainly organized focus groups with young people preparing for sacraments or belonging to prayer groups. We try to demonstrate how apparently conflicting God's conceptions end up forming a coherent Being who accompanies the faithful in his daily life. In this context, faith is not a rational and reasoned one but an existential one involved in the hic et nunc (Marzal, Romero, Ameigeras, Martín, Parker, de la Torre). Among the images culturally rooted in traditions, predominate God's perceptions as a frightful and powerful judge ordering the cosmos and when necessary punishing evil people. On the other hand, people express their affection for a protecting and solution-supplier God. Both perspectives complement each other in a God warrant of a just world order. In evangelical context, God's conceptions are similar but the importance of divine power is enhanced. This investigation helps understand people's difficulty in grasping the meaning of the God of Mercy and accepting it: How can this God who does not keep track of evil actions be a warrant for order and justice? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the sixteenth century, the Brotherhoods of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ were founded in the old Kingdom of Valencia. The oldest one was founded in the capital of the Kingdom in 1535. Nevertheless, it is thought that some others were founded earlier in Orihuela and Sagunto. These brotherhoods prospered with great vitality as a result of late medieval piety and the ancient devotion to the Holy Chalice. Their diffusion occurs along the main roads of the kingdom: around the Via Augusta and the way leading from Murviedro to Burgos through Teruel. From the seventeenth century onward these brotherhoods would spread throughout the various regions of the kingdom, but would show less vitality than in the previous century. The last recorded founding date is 1757, for a brotherhood in Benifairó de les Valls. From the scarce remaining documents available, some conclusions can be drawn, such as the following: both women and men were allowed to join; members met annually to renew their ruling board and revise their accounts; every brotherhood was autonomous and only reported to the diocesan authority during the pastoral visits. Cultual activities were held principally on the Feast of the Most Precious Blood and during Holy Week, and consisted primarily of Masses, processions and sermons. The brotherhoods in the course of time developed an artistic heritage, which has now largely disappeared. What has perdured (although difficult to assess) is a deep legacy of popular piety, which has been decisive in the evangelization of the populace and has helped to fashion their mentality and culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are plenty of popular religious practices in northwestern Argentina, practices that are based on the lives and miracles of people who stand out because of their histories or their tragical deaths. Although this form of veneration is generally a part of the Catholic religion, in the province of Tucumán we detected an exceptional cult based on a Jewish >saint<. The resulting hybridisation makes it paradigmatic of the Latin American interculturality. From a discourse analytical perspective we explore the way devotees of this cult produce meanings, and how this process is influenced by the context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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