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Thank you Rodrigo and Marcella for these two wonderful conferences at UCLouvain!
• The first one GRIAL UCL : Rodrigo Toniol et Marcella Araujo on ‘Material religion, colonial heritage, and building modernity in Brazil’.
• The second at Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Prospective: Rodrigo Toniol, ‘The universalization of spirituality as a health condition’.
Two stimulating and generous talks !
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Gracias Rodrigo y Marcella por estas dos maravillosas charlas en la UCLouvain!
• La primera en el GRIAL : Rodrigo Toniol et Marcella Auraujo sobre ‘Material religion, colonial heritage, and building modernity in Brazil’
• La segunda en el LAAP: Rodrigo Toniol, ‘The universalization of spirituality as a health condition’
Dos charlas estimulantes y generosas !
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Merci Rodrigo et Marcella pour ces deux magnifiques conférences à l'UCLouvain !
• La première au GRIAL : Rodrigo Toniol et Marcella Auraujo sur 'Material religion, colonial heritage, and building modernity in Brazil'.
• La seconde au LAAP : Rodrigo Toniol, 'L'universalisation de la spiritualité comme condition de santé'.
Deux conférences stimulantes et généreuses !

New Social Compass Online First article by
Patrycja Trzeszczyńska
Konrad Pędziwiatr
Dobrosława Wiktor-Mach

"Between needs, goods and services: Ukrainian immigrants on the Polish religious market"

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00377686231158556

Between needs, goods and services: Ukrainian immigrants on the Polish religious market - Patrycja Trzeszczyńska, Konrad Pędziwiatr, Dobrosława Wiktor-Mach, 2023 This article seeks to address the intersection of migration and religion/religious affiliation of migrants in Central Europe. Increase in immigration from Ukrai...

New Social Compass Online First article by Javier JIMÉNEZ-ROYO
“In/dividuality and charisma among Pentecostal Gypsies”

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00377686231158613

In/dividuality and charisma among Pentecostal Gypsies - Javier Jiménez-Royo, 2023 This text reflects on the constitution of the Gypsy Pentecostal person, thus inserting itself in the debates on the continuity or rupture that motivate conversi...

NEW ISSUE – March 2023 (70/1)
https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/scpa/70/1

New Social Compass Online First article by Gustavo MORELLO SJ

“The construction of the sacred through photographs displayed in Latin American homes”

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00377686231157295

The construction of the sacred through photographs displayed in Latin American homes - Gustavo Morello SJ, 2023 From a sociological perspective, sacredness is a social construction. In this article, I stand at the intersection of the tradition of domestic shrines and the ...

New Social Compass Online First article by
Véronique LECAROS and Samuel ASENJO

« Transnationalisme pentecôtiste et précarité enchantée : le cas du Monte de Oración dans la périphérie suburbaine de Lima, Pérou »

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00377686231154382

Transnationalisme pentecôtiste et précarité enchantée : le cas du Monte de Oración dans la périphérie suburbaine de Lima, Pérou - Véronique Lecaros, Samuel Asenjo, 2023 This article presents the study of a popular Pentecostal center, Monte de Oración (MO), located in the suburban outskirts of Lima, Peru. The MO, founded by an i...

New Social Compass Online First article by Gowoon JUNG

“Work–faith integration in the neoliberal age: Women professionals’ alignment of evangelical identity with professional identity in South Korea”

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00377686231154118

Work–faith integration in the neoliberal age: Women professionals’ alignment of evangelical identity with professional identity in South Korea - Gowoon Jung, 2023 Prior studies on work–faith integration have only explained professionals’ negotiation of religious and professional identities within one occupational setting,...

New Social Compass Online First article by
Avi ASTOR
Rosa MARTÍNEZ-CUADROS
Víctor ALBERT-BLANCO

“Religious representation and performative citizenship: The civic dimensions of Shia lamentation rituals in Barcelona”

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00377686221148408

Religious representation and performative citizenship: The civic dimensions of Shia lamentation rituals in Barcelona - Avi Astor, Rosa Martínez-Cuadros, Víctor Albert-Blanco, 2023 In diasporic contexts, religious representatives play a key role as cultural ambassadors for their respective communities and religions. This article examines r...

New Social Compass Online First article by Anna Sofia SALONEN

“Creator, saviour, garburator: (Re)imagining the human role in the world through a case of food waste”

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00377686221144400

Creator, saviour, garburator: (Re)imagining the human role in the world through a case of food waste - Anna Sofia Salonen, 2022 The contemporary food system relies on a paradigm of human exceptionalism. But living well together with all forms of life would require that we imagine humans’...

New Social Compass Online First article by Diego MEZA

« La vérité sur soi-même : les pédagogies de conversion et les nouveaux mouvements religieux catholiques en Amérique latine »

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00377686221108276

La vérité sur soi-même : les pédagogies de conversion et les nouveaux mouvements religieux catholiques en Amérique latine - Diego Meza, 2022 In this article, I analyze the conversion retreats of the John XXIII Movement in Ipiales, Colombia in order to understand the swift spread of new Catholic group...

New Social Compass Online First article by Dimitri ALMEIDA

“Space and secularism: Laïcité, spatial governmentality, and exclusion in French hijab stories”

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00377686221103130

Space and secularism: Laïcité, spatial governmentality, and exclusion in French hijab stories - Dimitri Almeida, 2022 The article frames current practices of French laïcité in terms of spatial governmentality. It builds upon this notion to explore spatialised representations of...