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What does the practice of religion look like in Latin American today? In this book, which examines religious practice in three Latin American cities - Lima, Peru; Cordoba, Argentina; and Montevideo, Uruguay - Gustavo Morello reveals the influence of modernity on average citizens' culturalpractices. Technological development, the dynamics of capitalism, the specialization of spheres of knowledge - all these aspects of modernity were thought to diminish the importance of religion. Yet, Morello argues, if we look at religion as ordinary Latin Americans practice it, we discover thatmodernity has not diminished religion, but transformed it, creating what Morello calls "enchanted modernity."In Latin America, there is more religion than secularists expect, but of a different kind than religious leaders would wish. Morello explores how urban, contemporary Latin Americans, both believers and non-believers, from different social classes and religious affiliations, experience transcendencein everyday life. Using semi-structured interviews with 254 individuals in three cities with shifting religious landscapes and different cultural histories, Morello highlights the diversity within Latin America, exploring societies that are understudied and examining a broad array of religioustraditions: "nones" (agnostics, non-affiliated, atheist), Catholics, Evangelicals (including mainstream Protestants, Pentecostals, neo-Evangelicals), and other traditions (including Jews, Muslims, Mormons, African-derived traditions, and Buddhists). Morello emphasizes elements, nuances, and dynamicsthat have previously been overlooked and that can enrich the study of religion other non-western societies. The book seeks to contribute to a critical theory of contemporary religion - one that is not centered in the North Atlantic world and that takes seriously the voices of the Latin Americanpeople. | Lived Religion In Latin America by Gustavo Morello, Paperback | Indigo Chapters