In this issue we complete the delivery of the papers presented at the IX Congress of ALER, held at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, in 2002. Studying religion in the Andes today cannot leave aside the analysis of religions evangelicals that have spread in recent years in the cities and with a faster pace in the communities. Despite the belief that popular religiosity would stop the advance of other religions, due to the force of belief and tradition, this has not been the case in many communities.

In this issue of Allpanchis we collect some of the papers presented at the IX Congress of ALER (Latin American Association for the Study of Religions), which took place at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in 2002. The theme of the congress was "Religion and Ethnicity", with an emphasis on the Andean region, and was attended by researchers from Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, the United States, Uruguay, among other Latin American and European countries.