Abstract

MALLIMACI, Fortunato; ESQUIVEL, Juan Cruz  and  GIMENEZ BELIVEAU, Verónica. Religions and beliefs in Argentina (2008-2019). Results of the Second National Survey of Religious Beliefs and Attitudes in Argentina. Soc. relig. [online]. 2020, vol.30, n.55, pp.8-8. ISSN 0326-9795.

The article aims to build a map of religiosity in contemporary Argentine society, based on data from the Second National Survey on Religious Beliefs and Attitudes.

Religious beliefs, belongings and practices are described, as well as attitudes towards a range of issues on the public agenda (abortion, sex education, religious education in public schools, immigration and social assistance policies). The set of variables is analyzed according to sex, age, level of education and region of residence, taking into account the various ways of experiencing religion and religious unbelief throughout the country. Likewise, a comparative approach is undertaken with respect to the First National Survey on Religious Beliefs and Attitudes carried out in 2008, in order to identify changes and continuities in religious dynamics.

There is a decrease in Catholicism, an increase in evangelical adherence and the Unaffiliated. At the same time, the process of religious individuation is consolidated: believers relate to God on their own and most of them do not frequent institutionalized religious spaces and celebrations. Nevertheless, this does not imply the absence of religious and spiritual practices, while these tend to focus on the privacy area.

Keywords : Beliefs; Religion; Argentina, Catholics; Evangelicals; Unaffiliated.