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La historia de la Misión Sueca Libre en Bolivia: Una iniciativa nórdica pentecostal para evangelizar a los pueblos de Bolivia
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology. (Kulturantropologi)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3068-6862
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Abstract [es]

En el proyecto interdisciplinario e internacional, “Misiones religiosas desde una perspectiva antropológica”, dirigida desde el Departamento de Antropología Cultural y Etnología de la Universidad de Uppsala, Bolivia se convirtió en un país de interés central del grupo de investigadores. Al líder del proyecto, Jan-Åke Alvarsson, cayó la responsabilidad de resumir la información disponible sobre las misiones extranjeras en Bolivia, y en particular sobre la Misión Sueca Libre en Bolivia (MSLB) – el caso de estudio. El resultado fue una historia breve de la misión MSLB que dentro del lapso del proyecto se aumentó a un capítulo en inglés. Luego, Alvarsson se ha profundizado en el tema, usando material y experiencias de más de cuarenta años de contacto con Bolivia, de los cuales ha residido seis en el sur del país.    

Basándose en entrevistas, participación, estudios de archivos oficiales y privados, artículos y obras escritas sobre el tema, el autor ha compilado una etnografía espesa sobre esta iniciativa nórdica. El resultado no es una hagiografía sino un relato franco y abierto, enfocando especialmente en la agencia de los misioneros. Relata la historia desde el tiempo pionero en 1921 hasta las últimas iniciativas de cerrar la misión en 2021.

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In the interdisciplinary and international project, “Religious Missions from an Anthropological Perspective”, directed by the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology at Uppsala University, Bolivia became a country of central interest for the group of researchers. Project leader Jan-Åke Alvarsson was tasked with summarizing available information on foreign missions in Bolivia, and in particular on the Swedish Free Mission in Bolivia (MSLB) – the case study. The result was a brief history of the MSLB mission that within the time frame of the project was expanded to a chapter in English. Later, Alvarsson has delved into the subject, using material and experiences from more than forty years of contact with Bolivia, six of which he has lived in the south of the country. Based on interviews, participation, studies from official and private archives, articles and written works on the subject, the author has compiled a thick ethnography on this Nordic initiative. The result is not a hagiography but a frank and open account, focusing especially on the agency of the missionaries. It tells the story from pioneering time in 1921 to the latest initiatives to close the mission in 2021. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: Uppsala universitet, 2021. , p. 438
Series
Dissertations and documents in cultural anthropology : DICA, ISSN 1653-0543 ; 21
Keywords [en]
Swedish Pentecostal Mission, Bolivia, Church history, Collective agency
Keywords [es]
Misión religiosa, Bolivia, Misión Sueca Libre en Bolivia MSLB, historia eccelsiástica, misioneros, agencia colectiva
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Human Geography
Research subject
Cultural Anthropology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-466118ISBN: 978-91-506-2314-7 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-466118DiVA, id: diva2:1631544
Available from: 2022-01-24 Created: 2022-01-24 Last updated: 2022-01-31Bibliographically approved

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