Cristina Gutiérrez Zúñiga
Professor and Researcher at El Colegio de Jalisco and Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico) since 1993.
PhD. in Social Sciences (2002). El Colegio de Jalisco, (Mexico)
Her work is centered on the pluralizing of religion in Mexico, new religious and spiritual movements, and the transnationalization of religious practices.
Current research projects:
2015-2017: “Diversidad religiosa y escuela pública en Guadalajara México” (Religious diversity and public schools in Guadalajara, México)

2016-2017: “Encuesta Nacional de Religión: creencias, prácticas, valores y laicidad en México” (Religion National Survey: beliefs, practices, values and laicité in Mexico) financed by CONACYT (National Council for Science and Technology, México)
Recent publications (English or French):
Renée de la Torre, Cristina Gutiérrez and Nahayeilli Juárez Huet (eds.). New Age in Latin America. Popular variations and Ethnic appropriations. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2016, Religion in the Americas Series, volume 16, 414 p.
Renée de la Torre y Cristina Gutiérrez. “New Landscapes of Religious Diversity in Mexico”. En Giuseppe Giordan y H. Swatos, Jr. (eds.). Testing Pluralism. Globalizing Belief, Localizing Gods. Boston: Brill, 2013, pp. 125-148.
Renée de la Torre y Cristina Gutiérrez. “Chicano spirituality in the construction of an imagined nation: Aztlán”. Social Compass. Vol. 60, núm. 2, junio de 2013, pp. 232-250.
Renée de la Torre y Cristina Gutiérrez. “Traversés par la frontière. Anáhuac-Aztlán, danse et construction d’une nation imaginée”. En Kali Argyriadis, Stefania Capone, Renée de la Torre et André Mary. Religions transnationales des suds. Afrique, Europe, Amériques. Harmattan-Academia, IRD, CIESAS, Louvain-la-neuve, 2012, pp. 147-170.
Professional Association’s Memberships:
Council Member of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion AISR/SISR 2013-2016 (as representative of Mexico)
Executive Editorial Commitee member of the Journal "Ciencias Sociales y Religión", Asociación de Cientistas Sociales de Religión del Mercosur.
Council Member and Founder of the Red de Investigadores del fenómeno religioso en México RIFREM (Researchers on Religion in Mexico Network)