Abstract
During the last ten years, the Chilean evangelical world has suffered a significant change in its religious space. The temple, as built as a structure, is no longer the main place for prayers and religious development activities, leading to the emergence of other forms of belief’s expression, which are not necessarily ecclesiastical. On the one hand, evangelicals and Pentecostals who do not feel represented in the strict and limited world of the church, left it to practice their religion in a different way: participating in interfaith discussion groups, NGOs in social assistance or in centers of political studies. On the other hand, it has decreased the influence of formal religion, emerging extra space for different kind of expressions and ecclesiastical forms of “Christianity without religion”. The concept of “temple” has changed the meaning, becoming anywhere a place of worship communication directly between the believer and God. This diversity of evangelical religious spaces has important implications for the relations between Christians and society, political world and university, as well as the evolution of the evangelical and Pentecostal identity.
Highlights
Los resultados del enfrentamiento generacional son diversos
La creciente diversidad de “espacios religiosos alternativos” (como militancia política, redes sociales o trabajo comunitario) demuestra que la iglesia tradicional ya no es suficiente para las nuevas generaciones evangélicas, y la gran cantidad de think tanks evangélicos de grupos y revistas filosóficas y políticas on-line se debe justamente al hecho que jóvenes universitarios evangélicos no tienen espacios de reflexión en las instituciones eclesiales, y buscan las respuestas a sus inquietudes fuera de templos
Summary
Resumen: Durante los últimos diez años en el mundo evangélico de Chile tienen lugar importantes transformaciones del espacio religioso. Los evangélicos y pentecostales que no se sienten representados en el estrictamente delimitado mundo de la iglesia, lo abandonan para ejercer su religiosidad de otra manera: participando en grupos de debate interdenominacionales, ONGs de ayuda social o en centros de estudios políticos. Os evangélicos e pentecostais que não se sentem representados no estrito e delimitado mundo da igreja, abandonaram-na para exercer a sua religiosidade de forma diferente: participando em grupos de discussões interdenominacionais, em ONGs de ajuda social, ou ainda em centros de estudos políticos. Esta diversidade de espaços religiosos evangélicos tem implicações importantes para as relações entre os cristãos com a sociedade, com o mundo político e universitário, bem como com a evolução da mesma identidade evangélica e Pentecostal.
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