Abstract

CONCHA PALACIOS, Nury  and  MANSILLA AGUERO, Miguel Ángel. Aymara Protestantism: The Adventist Church as a space of mobility between the Chilean-Bolivian highlands and Arica-Chile. Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2020, vol.13, n.2, pp.243-254. ISSN 1852-060X.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.31048/1852.4826.v13.n2.25986.

Abstract The objective of this article is to describe the process of building the evangelical-Aymara community, in this case the Aymara Adventist Church in the city of Arica. We emphasize its presence in the Chilean-Bolivian Andean space, present in the region since the early twentieth century. We highlight the most important Adventist cult rituals. Then we develop the background of Adventism in Chile and Bolivia. In addition, we describe our central theme related to the Aymara Adventist Church where we highlight 3 aspects such as: Incorporation of individuals disconnected from the indigenous community; Stigmatized body assessment; and Schooling the despised individual, which helps us understand why Adventism has been significant for the Aymara world. Methodologically it is a case study investigation, of a qualitative type, where we apply different information collection techniques.

Keywords : Adventism; Aymara community; space for mobility; evangelical; indigenous.

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