Faces of the Peaceable God: Religious Imaginaries and the Challenge of Peace in Colombia

Eduardo Federico Gutierrez Gonzalez

doi:10.16995/zygon.17585

Faces of the Peaceable God: Religious Imaginaries and the Challenge of Peace in Colombia

Título traducido de la contribución: Rostros del Dios pacífico: imaginarios religiosos y el desafío de la paz en Colombia

Eduardo Federico Gutierrez Gonzalez

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

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Tras más de cincuenta años de conflicto civil y casi un cuarto de millón de víctimas, Colombia finalmente firmó un acuerdo de paz en 2016. Posteriormente, una Comisión de la Verdad se encargó de elaborar un informe que brindara una nueva narrativa política para abordar el conflicto, sugiriera maneras de garantizar la no repetición de atrocidades y fomentara la coexistencia pacífica. El informe se refiere con frecuencia a los "imaginarios sociales" como clave y señala a las comunidades de fe como un importante papel en la consolidación de la paz; sin embargo, deja abiertas múltiples preguntas. ¿Cómo se estructuran estos imaginarios? ¿Cómo se forman y se transforman? ¿Cómo pueden los imaginarios religiosos contribuir activamente a la paz? Este artículo busca (a) destacar aspectos importantes del panorama político actual de Colombia y sus oportunidades intelectuales, (b) esbozar un enfoque interdisciplinario para desarrollar una teoría sobre la [trans]formación de imaginarios, y (c) ilustrar cómo esta teoría puede arrojar luz sobre el papel de los imaginarios religiosos en Colombia, potenciando su contribución a las transformaciones culturales necesarias para una paz duradera.

Título traducido de la contribución	Rostros del Dios pacífico: imaginarios religiosos y el desafío de la paz en Colombia
Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	1-18
Número de páginas	18
Publicación	Zygon
DOI	https://doi.org/10.16995/zygon.17585
Estado	Publicada - 25 sep. 2025

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imaginación
imaginarios
imaginarios religiosos
cosmopoyesis
Colombia
Comisión de la Verdad de Colombia
John Paul Lederach
Kathleen Lennon
Jesús Abad Colorado
construcción de paz

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