Religious Actors and Discourses in Social Protest

Abstract

This article analyses the roles played by the actors related to religious groups,
the way that they rebuild their participation and representation in the public
space from their involvement in the initiative of social protest about the reclaim
and defense of certain civil rights. In this regard, the article addresses the relationship between religion and politics, and furthermore specifically, the way in
which religious human capital contributes to the process of collective actions
and social mobilization. At the same time, it offers some ideas regarding the
way in which religious speech and public practice is shaped by cultural mediatization.