Socio-religious dynamics of the town of El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba

Abstract

Today's diverse and changing Cuban society is characterized by the complexity of its socio-religious processes. In the Santiago town of El Cobre, interreligious relations express the typical complexity of modern times. The believers of the most diverse manifestations, at times, appear cordiality, tolerance and good neighborliness and, at other times, little or no acceptance of the prevailing diversity emerges from speech or action. Faced with this situation, sociological science is one of the main handles to explain, diagnose and envision the processes that articulate the socio-religious dynamics that affect the configuration of the religious field in the town of El Cobre. To reach conclusions, the methodological benefits of said science were used with the help of a triangulation that privileges the MACTOR method along with interviews, observation and life stories whose interpretative richness allowed recommending solutions to the problem, from ecumenism as a culture of peace.