El pluralismo religioso en la colonización campesina de Caranavi-Alto Beni: iglesias y poder en la sociedad rural boliviana

Abstract

The article analyzes the development of denominational freedom and religious pluralism in Bolivian rural society, taking as case the rural colonization in Caranavi-Alto Beni. Also, it indicates the consequences of this phenomena on changes in conduct and values of population, and on socialization and distribution of power -developed from intervention of protestant and evangelical institutions in local political life. Besides, pluralism leads to new forms of religious retroaction that appear through growth of cults inspired by native subjects and cosmovisions.