Indigenous Churches

Élise Capredon is Postdoctoral Researcher at Mondes Américains (EHESS-CNRS, France) and member of the ANR project “AMAZ”. César Ceriani Cernadas is Senior Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) at the Institute of Anthropological Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires.Minna Opas is Senior Lecturer in Study of Religion and Associate Professor of Anthropology of Religion at the University of Turku, Finland.

“This work is highly recommended and stands as an essential read for anyone interested in the contemporary challenges facing Indigenous Christianities in the Amazon and Gran Chaco. Based on rigorous field research, the chapters reveal the true nature of Indigenous Christianity … . By focusing on Indigenous interpretations of Christianity, rather than centering on missionary practices, the book offers a valuable contribution to scholars and researchers in the field.” (Gustavo Sanches Duarte, International Journal of Latin American Religions, Vol. 8 (2), 2024)

• 1. INTRODUCTION (Capredon, Ceriani, Opas): Indigenous Churches: Between Denominationalism, Ritual Life and Religious Alliances.-PART I: CHRISTIAN MATERIALITIES AND LEADERSHIP.- 2. CERIANI CERNADAS, César: Floating Charism: Leaderships, Denominations and Materialities in Argentine Chaco Indigenous Churches .- 3. OPAS, Minna: “They are very different from us”: Institutional form, leadership and interdenominational relations in Amazonia.- 4. ROZO PABÓN, Esteban: Christianity, Materiality, and the Critique of Modernity in the Colombian Amazon.- PART II: CHRISTIAN AFFILIATIONS, RITUALS AND SHAMANISM.- 5. CAPIBERIBE, Artionka: Evangelicals, Adventists and Catholics: Relational Indigenous Christianity of the Amazonian Frontier Brazil / French Guiana.- 6. TOLA, Florencia & ROBLEDO, Emilio: Dances of Praise: Pentecostal Ritual or Shamanic Resurgence?.- PART III: SCHISMS AND ALLIANCES.- 7. CAPREDON, Élise: Alliances and Divisions within an Indigenous Evangelical Movement: the Case of Shipibo-Conibo Churches (Peruvian Amazon).- 8. ESPINOSA, Mariana: Ethnography of uneasiness. Violence and Religion among the Guarani of the Andean Foothills in the 1970s, Argentina.- 9. GARCÍA BRICEÑO, Luis: Off the Baptist Path: Christian Becoming among Venezuelan Ye’kwanas.