Believing, Dwelling and Practicing Territory Identity and Residence Ideal Types among non Catholic Christians in Guadalajara City, Jalisco

Abstract

The expansion of the urban zone and an accelerated population growth experienced by the city of Guadalajara (Mexico) have had an impact on the territorial dispersion of the city, affecting where the actors (churches and believers) reside, how they travel and identify with their urban territory. We conducted a study of residential patterns, attendance at religious services, and strategies of territorialization undertaken by non-Catholic denominations in the city of Guadalajara to analyze and describe by means of four ideal types how religious diversification is transforming the way in which the territory of societies with a Catholic monopoly is organized.