Conflict, post-conflict and religion: Andean responses to new religious movements

In this article I analyse the relationships between society and religion du ring and after violent political conflict. The case of Peru is illustrative in this respect. By using the concepts of adaptation and resistance I expl ore the ways in which Andean peasant communities reacted during and after t he political conflict in this country. I focus on the reactions of a commun al society and deal first with the actors involved in the conflict (the Per uvian state and the guerrilla movement Shining Path), and second with the c omplex interplay between Andean peasant communities and the Evangelical Chu rches. My main argument is that the adaptation and resistance of these comm unities should be understood in terms of their background, and especially i n terms of their access to symbolic, economic and political resources.