Abstract
This research aims to analyze cultural diversity and its relationship with the personal belief in an Immigrant Parish. The discussion is framed within the topic of intercultural churches and parishes, although in a setting that has not been researched (Santiago, Chile). The research was carried out in the Latin-American Parish placed in Providencia, Santiago, and a qualitative framework was used to obtain and analyze the data. Cultural diversity is understood concerning religious reflexivity and under the idea that pluralism leads to a weakening of religious conviction, as Peter Berger argued. The theoretical framework makes the difference between the vision of Berger on cultural pluralism (pluralism inter-religion) and the viewpoint by Charles Taylor (pluralism intra-religion). On the contrary to Berger, the findings of this research showed that cultural diversity and pluralism are elements that produce a strengthening of individual beliefs.
Highlights
The global flows of migration in Western Europe and the USA, as well as the GlobalSouth (Saunders et al 2016) and in Latin America (Cerrutti and Parrado 2015), have meant increasing cultural and social diversity
It is possible to identify a steady diversification in the composition of churches; this can be seen in the fact that some Catholic churches that were mainly composed of Chileans nowadays include churchgoers from Haiti
This research is aimed at the first type of church, the fieldwork was carried out in an intercultural parish; the article aims to research the cultural diversity and religious reflexivity among parishioners in an intercultural parish
Summary
South (Saunders et al 2016) and in Latin America (Cerrutti and Parrado 2015), have meant increasing cultural and social diversity This diversity can be seen in the fact that some countries are dealing with flows of immigrants that produce a pluralization of the cultural realm; for example, the Haitian migration in the region and Chile has produced a diversification in terms of cultural and ethnic characteristics. It is possible to identify a steady diversification in the composition of churches; this can be seen in the fact that some Catholic churches that were mainly composed of Chileans nowadays include churchgoers from Haiti. This latter group has increased and established a pastoral group (Aguirre 2017) in some of these churches and parishes
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