COVID-19: la pandemia como catalizador de la videogracia

Abstract

espanolEl presente articulo busca responder a la pregunta que ha pasado con la religion en tiempos de la covid-19? Para dar respuesta, busca atender las reconfiguraciones religiosas provocadas por las politicas de confinamiento y cierre de templos durante la pandemia de la covid-19 en Mexico, y mas especificamente en Guadalajara. Este articulo destaca que, a pesar del cierre de todos los templos de Mexico, las actividades religiosas no cesaron, ya que las distintas iglesias y congregaciones se adaptaron e implementaron estrategias de mediatizacion y mudaron hacia el espacio de las redes sociodigitales. La primera parte de este articulo introduce el contexto politico religioso en que sucede el cierre de templos, se describe la relevancia que adquiere lo religioso en coyunturas de crisis; la produccion de interpretaciones apocalipticas que generan versiones no institucionales alternas al Estado para interpretar la pandemia. Se eligieron dos casos de estudio: la parroquia catolica de Nuestra Senora del Tepeyac, en Zapopan, y la congregacion interdenominacional cristiana Mas Vida, para comparar dos distintas tendencias de adaptacion organizativa y liturgica. El primer caso muestra la manera en que la covid-19 impulso a la mediatizacion de las tradiciones; el segundo caso da cuenta del paso de una religion en linea (online) a una online religion (Campbell, 2012) EnglishThis article seeks to answer what has happened to religion in the days of covid-19. To give an answer, it seeks to attend to the religious reconfigurations caused by the policies of confinement and closing of temples during the covid-19 pandemic in Mexico, and more specifically in Guadalajara. This article highlights that despite the closure of all temples of all religions and congregations in Mexico Religious activities did not stop, as they implemented and adapted to mediating strategies and moved into the space of sociodigital networks. The first part of this article introduces the religious political context in which the closing of temples happened, the relevance that the religious acquires in times of crisis is described; the production of apocalyptic interpretations that generate non-institutional alternative versions to that of the State to interpret the pandemic. Two case studies were chosen: the Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Tepeyac in Zapopan and the interdenominational Christian congregation “Mas Vida” (More Life) to compare two different strategies of organizational and liturgical adaptation. The first case shows the way in which the covid-19 promoted the mediatization of traditions, the second case accounts for the transition from a “religion online” to an “online religion” (Campbell, 2012)