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Believers and Neighbors: “Huaycán Is One and No One Shall Divide It”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Hortensia Muñoz
Hortensia Muñoz*
Affiliation:
Comunidad Bíblico Teológica Wenceslao Bahamonde and at the Escuela Superior de Humanidades y Filosofía Antonio Ruiz de Montoya in Peru
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Abstract

Contrary to the argument that evangelical Christianity is inherently apolitical or conservative, evangelicals in a new pueblo on Lima’s periphery extended political mobilization to negotiating with municipal authorities, Catholic neighbors, and even Sendero Luminoso to define political and ideological space in the new neighborhood. Yet differences within and among denominations kept them from permanently coordinating their political activism. This case highlights the nature of citizenship building and political participation for evangelicals in Peru.

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