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<journal-id>0185-3929</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Relaciones. Estudios de historia y sociedad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Relac. Estud. hist. soc.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0185-3929</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[El Colegio de Michoacán]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0185-39292022000400026</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24901/rehs.v43i172.952</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El pensamiento mesiánico y sus expresiones conflictivas y piadosas en el centro de Michoacán]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The messianic thought and its conflictive and pious expressions in the center of Michoacán]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zárate Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Eduardo]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,El Colegio de Michoacán  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>43</volume>
<numero>172</numero>
<fpage>26</fpage>
<lpage>47</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0185-39292022000400026&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0185-39292022000400026&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0185-39292022000400026&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En la actualidad, la idea mesiánica está presente no solo en las creencias y prácticas de los grupos fundamentalistas, sino también en otros ámbitos de la vida moderna, como en ciertos discursos científicos que advierten del fin del mundo, así como en las celebraciones y conflictos religiosos. Para entender su importancia actual, propongo adoptar un enfoque postsecular que no distinga tajantemente lo religioso-espiritual de lo racional moderno o laico debido a que, precisamente, el mesianismo (o la idea mesiánica) articula y le otorga significado a una serie de acciones de muy diversa índole que se relacionan directamente con la preparación de las personas para tratar de moldear el futuro ya previsto. En primer lugar, ubico la contemporaneidad de la idea mesiánica. Luego, analizo cómo se enfrentan dos versiones del mesianismo en una región particular, el centro de Michoacán: la asociada a la idea de progreso versus a la devoción piadosa. Finalmente, a partir de material etnográfico, presento una descripción de la ofrenda religiosa en tanto expresión del don, como una versión popular de la realización mesiánica.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Nowadays, the messianic idea is present not only in the beliefs and practices of fundamentalist groups but also in other areas of modern life, such as in certain scientific discourses that warn of the end of the world, as well as in celebrations and religious conflicts. To understand its current importance, I propose to adopt a post-secular approach that does not sharply distinguish the religious-spiritual from the modern or secular rational thought, precisely because messianism (or the messianic idea) articulates and gives meaning to a series of actions of a very diverse nature that are directly related to the preparation of people to try to shape the future already foreseen. In the first place, I locate the contemporaneity of the messianic idea. Then, I analyze how two versions of messianism confront each other in a particular region, the center of Michoacán: the one associated with the idea of &#8203;&#8203;progress versus pious devotion. Finally, based on ethnographic material, I present a description of the religious offering as an expression of gift, as a popular version of the messianic realization.]]></p></abstract>
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