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forms by means of which men communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes toward life\u2019 (1993:89).\u000ASocio-cultural change: In this present thesis, change will be discussed from the anthropological perspective of socio-cultural change. The Peruvian anthropologist Tito Paredes says that \u2018This change can be any modification of the ideas, society, technology, economy, and ecology of a people due to factors working from within or without\u2019. Change does not finish where it starts, but it can also modify structures (2003: 73).\u000AConversion: For this present work the following concept will be adopted: \u2018Conversion implies transformation, and this is translated into a new form of life linked to ethical principles which the convert understands come with his commitment to \u201CGod\u201D[...] and a commitment to the congregation who will substitute in the future the former links\u2019 (Cant\u00F3n 1998: xvii).\u000ASocial mobility: This has to do with the opportunity to move from one stratum to another which can be a move upwards or downwards. The major types of social mobility are intra-generational mobility which occurs in a simple generation measured by the occupational status of an individual; and inter-generational mobility refers to social mobility between generations (Haralambos & Holborn 1995: 101).\u000AValues: Here values are understood to be \u2018ways of being or acting which an individual or a group judge to be ideal, and which make individuals or behaviour, to which theses values are attributed, esteemed or desirable\u2019 (Gonz\u00E1lez-Anleo 1994:237). These are converted into \u2018criteria\u2019 by which society judges the importance of people, forms and socio-cultural objectives (1994: 237). In the present work these values circumscribe to the Christian ethical and moral framework.\u000ASocial capital: Robert Putman says that voluntary associations are key entities in the formation of human resources and civic culture of a society. For him \u2018social capital\u2019 refers to the characteristics of a social organization, such as truth, norms, and networks that can improve the efficiency of society (1993:167). This concept will be applied to Neo-\u000A10\u000A