Migration, religion and the construction of a latin american identity in exile. Brusels, Belgium, 1980-2008

Authors

  • William Elvis Plata Profesor de la Escuela de Historia de la Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Bucaramanga, Colombia; director del Grupo de Investigación Sagrado y Profano, avalado por la UIS y el Instituto Colombiano para el Estudio de las Religiones – ICER
  • Andrea Rodríguez Arévalo Profesora de cátedra, Escuela de Trabajo Social, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga

Abstract

Through the history of Spanish-speaking Catholic community of Riches Claires, Brussels, Belgium, this article explores the relationship between religion and migration, raising the hypothesis that, thanks to its international presence, Catholicism has become an instrumented and medium for the protection and integration of migrants to the new context, the creation of an identity" Latin American "in exile, gathering and integrating into a new context religious and cultural traditions of different origins.    

Keywords:

Migration, religion, Belgium, Latin-Amricans, Brussels, identity