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SUMMARY:'Pentecostal Social Thought and Action\, la Misión Iglesia Pentec
 ostal\, and Military Authoritarianism in Chile\, 1973-1990.'  - Joseph Flo
 rez\, Faculty of History 
DTSTART:20151202T170000Z
DTEND:20151202T190000Z
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CONTACT:Kate Bruce-Lockhart
DESCRIPTION:The violent overthrow of the democratically elected government
  of Salvador Allende on September 11th\, 1973 represented the worst politi
 cal breakdown in the history of Chile. Its repercussions touched all aspec
 ts of life in the country. Pentecostal reactions to the coup d'etat and th
 e ensuing violent repression have been viewed as overwhelmingly supportive
  of the regime. In official and public meetings with military authorities\
 , many religious leaders offered recognition and legitimation. At the same
  time\, a small but vocal minority\, who felt misrepresented by the politi
 cal agenda of conservative leaders developed clear stances and discourses 
 in opposition to the repressive character of the dictatorship. This paper 
 investigates the development of these voices and their reactions to cases 
 of political torture through the lens of one such group – la Misión Igl
 esia Pentecostal (Pentecostal Mission Church – MIP). For many members\, 
 the interpretation of their faith and what it meant to be truly faithful c
 ould not be understood without reference to violent context in which they 
 were embedded. This paper situates the development of new understandings o
 f religion\, torture\, and interruptions in lived religious experience wit
 hin la vida cotidiana (everyday life) during the dictatorship.
LOCATION:Wolfson Seminar Room South\, Trinity College 
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