This essay has as its objective the examination of the social location of religion in the contemporary world. The discussion pays particular attention to Christianity. The first part of the analysis revisits historical and theological – pastoral studies that reveal the relationship between Christian Churches and political power through history. The second part analyzes another theoretical approach of the articulations between religion and modernity. Finally, the text submits to the consideration of the reader some elements, observable in current social formations that connote correspondent pedagogies for the constant actualization of pastoral action in the midst of society.Este ensayo tiene como objetivo examinar el nuevo lugar social de la...