Browsing by Author "Neckelmann, Maureen"

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    ¿Cuánto aporta la religión a la sociedad civil? Una mirada institucional
    (2022) Imbarack Dagach, Patricia; Neckelmann, Maureen; Celis Brunet, Ana María
    El presente artículo se orienta a avanzar en la comprensión del fenómeno religioso y su contribución a la sociedad chilena. Considerando los procesos de secularización y cambio religioso en Chile, y especialmente en el contexto de la discusión constitucional, resulta fundamental identificar y valorar el aporte de las instituciones religiosas a la sociedad chilena, para así colaborar en la reflexión sobre el lugar de la religión en una sociedad en transformación. Este artículo presenta un panorama del tema, analizando empíricamente el aporte de organizaciones de distintas denominaciones religiosas a distintos ámbitos de la sociedad civil. Los hallazgos de este estudio permiten ilustrar que las instituciones religiosas y organizaciones basadas en la fe participan de distintos ámbitos de los denominados servicios sociales y educacionales.
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    Evolution of confessional schools in Chile's changing and challenging environment: 2012-2020
    (2023) Madero, Cristobal; Imbarack, Patricia; Neckelmann, Maureen; Celis, Ana Maria
    The process of modernization in Chile during the last decades of the 20th century, accelerated a decoupling between society and the Catholic religion, while a more diverse religious panorama emerged in the country. Due to the historical importance of confessional schools as religious-based social organizations, and the lack of literature regarding their transformation during the last ten years, we study the evolution of such schools in Chile. Based on quantitative secondary data from the Ministry of Education, we aim to explain trends in the number and enrolment in confessional schools in the last decade based upon a New Institutionalist theoretical framework.
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    "I wanted to have a Christian family": Affinities Between Religiosity and Family Styles Among Catholics and Evangelicals in a Low-Income Neighborhood in Santiago
    (2023) Neckelmann, Maureen; Araos, Consuelo; Siles, Catalina
    This article explores the relationship between religiosity-as experiential and practical religious involvement-and family styles-as effective kinship expectations and configurations. We begin by identifying three gaps and one risk in the previous literature: excessive focus on (Evangelical) conversion; the paucity of comparative Catholic/Evangelical studies; the absence of an extended family and intergenerational approach; and, although to a lesser extent, a risk of conflation of the religious phenomenon. Based on ethnographic observations and interviews conducted in a low-income neighborhood in Santiago, we investigated native Catholic and Evangelical individuals and couples with similar levels of religiosity and socioeconomic status. We have observed two contrasting family styles. While among Catholics, we found a deep appreciation of intergenerational solidarity with a matrifocal bias, with a secondary importance on the marital relationship; among Evangelicals, we observed a strong conjugality and relative relegation of intergenerational relationships. We explore these results using the lens of "affinities" between religious and family spheres, close to Max Weber's classic concept of elective affinities. Evangelical religiosity produces solid boundaries with the secular world, including the influence of contextual family culture and non-nuclear kin, combined with an emphasis on individual autonomy and responsibility, which correlates with the notion of conjugality as an elective bond. Catholic religiosity is instead much more tolerant of the secular world, allowing a contextual family culture to permeate family configurations. The Catholic emphasis on Grace as an unconditional and gratuitous divine act, combined with popular devotion to Mary, reinforces the centrality of matrifocal intergenerational ties.