Identité religieuse et culture politique : les représentations de la démocratie des fidèles pentecôtistes au Bénin
Adopting as framework for its analysis the expansion of the Pentecostal movements in Benin in the context of the democratisation of that country, this article is interested in the effect of religious affiliation on the political culture of the converted, especially on the representations of democr...
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Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
2004-05-01
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| author | Cédric Mayrargue |
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| description | Adopting as framework for its analysis the expansion of the Pentecostal movements in Benin in the context of the democratisation of that country, this article is interested in the effect of religious affiliation on the political culture of the converted, especially on the representations of democracy elaborated by the believers. Based on interviews with converted béninois, it shows that their conceptions of politics are in part conditioned by their religious affiliation, emphasizing however that democracy as seen by them corresponds to principles they value and to contrasting representations. If it is true that Pentecostal affiliation does not appear to constitute an obstacle to the acceptance of democratic principles and mechanisms, the reason lies in the fact that this religious socialisation can contribute to the internalisation of the new political norms: because it offers an interpretation grid for the political transformations, and because it may, paradoxically, reveal affinities with the logics that guide the formation of a democratic public space. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-722e9373f32647428adf0837002ec3452024-02-13T15:51:39ZengInstituto Universitário de LisboaCadernos de Estudos Africanos1645-37942182-74002004-05-01515917310.4000/cea.1056Identité religieuse et culture politique : les représentations de la démocratie des fidèles pentecôtistes au BéninCédric MayrargueAdopting as framework for its analysis the expansion of the Pentecostal movements in Benin in the context of the democratisation of that country, this article is interested in the effect of religious affiliation on the political culture of the converted, especially on the representations of democracy elaborated by the believers. Based on interviews with converted béninois, it shows that their conceptions of politics are in part conditioned by their religious affiliation, emphasizing however that democracy as seen by them corresponds to principles they value and to contrasting representations. If it is true that Pentecostal affiliation does not appear to constitute an obstacle to the acceptance of democratic principles and mechanisms, the reason lies in the fact that this religious socialisation can contribute to the internalisation of the new political norms: because it offers an interpretation grid for the political transformations, and because it may, paradoxically, reveal affinities with the logics that guide the formation of a democratic public space.https://journals.openedition.org/cea/1056 |
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| title | Identité religieuse et culture politique : les représentations de la démocratie des fidèles pentecôtistes au Bénin |
| title_full | Identité religieuse et culture politique : les représentations de la démocratie des fidèles pentecôtistes au Bénin |
| title_fullStr | Identité religieuse et culture politique : les représentations de la démocratie des fidèles pentecôtistes au Bénin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identité religieuse et culture politique : les représentations de la démocratie des fidèles pentecôtistes au Bénin |
| title_short | Identité religieuse et culture politique : les représentations de la démocratie des fidèles pentecôtistes au Bénin |
| title_sort | identite religieuse et culture politique les representations de la democratie des fideles pentecotistes au benin |
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