RESEARCH GROUP

Sacred and Profane Research Group

Human Sciences Faculty

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Research group name:

Sacred and Profane Research Group

Code: COL0119781

Colciencias classification: A

Coordinator: William Elvis Plata Quezada

Our

Mission

  • To bring together researchers from different disciplines, who are specialized in Colombian religious reality.

  • To promote the study of the religious fact and in particular of the religious diversity in Colombia.

  • To locate, protect, recover and systematize sources that give account of the Colombian religious experience that are dispersed and without the necessary norms of conservation.

  • To develop research on the Colombian religious reality, which may be carried out in collaboration with Colombian or foreign, public or private scientific research institutions.

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  • To disseminate, through publications, audiovisual material, conferences, classroom and distance courses, the Colombian religious experience, so that the population can access the necessary information to be able to truly live the religious freedom enshrined in the Political Constitution of Colombia and defended by most of the churches that make up the national religious spectrum.

  • To establish a permanent and necessary dialogue with different academic instances (university and research centers, libraries, archives) and with different religious and state organizations and institutions in order to make available the capacities and availabilities of the group.

  • To integrate a support network with national and foreign researchers and academic centers to exchange information, work methods, establish joint research and promote the specialization of Colombian researchers.

  • To promote interfaith dialogue to stimulate the processes of peaceful coexistence through mutual knowledge and the realization of works of information to the community in an ecumenical perspective, which is inclusive of all denominations.

  • To promote agreements with Colombian and/or international institutions to carry out forums, lectures, conferences, seminars and other joint events aimed at the dissemination of knowledge, studies and research on religious issues.

Our

Vision

  • It will be consolidated in the medium term as one of the main research groups of the religious fact in the country.

  • It will establish, in the long term, a center for research on religion.

  • It will maintain and strengthen relationships with similar academic networks in the United States and Europe, carrying out joint research, academic and non-academic events of reflection on issues related to religion.

  • It will become a reference entity in the field of religious research and will serve as a consulting entity for public and private entities on the topic.

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Sacred and Profane Research Group

PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000

Phone extension: 1455

Email: sagradoyprofano@uis.edu.co

William Elvis Plata Quezada

Group coordinator

PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000

Phone extension: 1455

Email: weplataq@uis.edu.co

Office hours:

Fortnightly on Wednesdays

3:00 p. m. – 5:00 p. m

Do you want more information?

Contact Us

Sacred and Profane Research Group

PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000

Phone extension: 1455

Email: sagradoyprofano@uis.edu.co

William Elvis Plata Quezada

Group coordinator

PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000

Phone extension: 1455

Email: weplataq@uis.edu.co

Office hours:

Fortnightly on Wednesdays

3:00 p. m. – 5:00 p. m

Do you want more information?

Contact Us

Sacred and Profane Research Group

PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000

Phone extension: 1455

Email: sagradoyprofano@uis.edu.co

William Elvis Plata Quezada

Group coordinator

PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000

Phone extension: 1455

Email: weplataq@uis.edu.co

Office hours

Fortnightly on Wednesdays

3:00 p. m. – 5:00 p. m

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