Literature and Religion in Contemporary Societies

SEMÁN, PABLO

Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions

Springer

Lugar: Zurich; Año: 2016; p. 1 - 6

Spiritual literature is one of the keys to contemporary religiosity. In this paper, we support our thesis in two different ways. On the one hand, with a critical elaboration of the obstacles that limit the perception of the importance of this literature; on the other, establishing the ontological possibility of the expression of this literature and the characteristics by which it can be considered a way of articulating the religious experience. The latter respond to the need to understand the characteristics of contemporary society and to transcend the concept of religiosity that presumes the synonymy among homogeneity, repetition, and institution.