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Migrating Faith : Pentecostalism in the United States and Mexico in the Twentieth Century - Daniel Ramirez

Migrating Faith

Pentecostalism in the United States and Mexico in the Twentieth Century

By: Daniel Ramirez

Paperback | 26 October 2015

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Daniel Ramirez's history of twentieth-century Pentecostalism in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands begins in Los Angeles in 1906 with the eruption of the Azusa Street Revival. The Pentecostal phenomenon--characterized by ecstatic spiritual practices that included speaking in tongues, perceptions of miracles, interracial mingling, and new popular musical worship traditions from both sides of the border--was criticized by Christian theologians, secular media, and even governmental authorities for behaviors considered to be unorthodox and outrageous. Today, many scholars view the revival as having catalyzed the spread of Pentecostalism and consider the U.S.-Mexico borderlands as one of the most important fountainheads of a religious movement that has thrived not only in North America but worldwide.

Ramirez argues that, because of the distance separating the transnational migratory circuits from domineering arbiters of religious and aesthetic orthodoxy in both the United States and Mexico, the region was fertile ground for the religious innovation by which working-class Pentecostals expanded and changed traditional options for practicing the faith. Giving special attention to individuals' and families' firsthand accounts and tracing how a vibrant religious music culture tied transnational communities together, Ramirez illuminates the interplay of migration, mobility, and musicality in Pentecostalism's global boom.

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A study that offers fresh interpretations of Latino/a religious studies and American religions history.--Journal of American History


His layered presentation of complex ideologies, theories, and information adds a multidimensional work to the field.--H-Net Reviews


I would absolutely recommend this book for every course on American religious history as its narrative style is easily accessible to the undergraduate student and challenging and stimulating for the graduate student.--Reading Religion


Illuminates the interplay of migration, mobility, and musicality in Pentecostalism's global boom.--Interpretation


Offers historians of religion a fresh and engaging template for exploring Pentecostal growth in Latin America.--The Americas


Puts forth a radical rethinking of the 1930s repatriation of Mexican immigrants and their families, which is generally depicted as a xenophobic tragedy. . . . Essential reading for graduate students in Mexican religious history, borderlands, and Latino history.--Hispanic American Historical Review


Ramirez has not only given us a history of the origins of the Pentecostal movement along the U.S.-Mexican border, he has also modeled a narrative form that gives voice to individuals and groups who are misunderstood in most historical studies when they are not entirely passed over.--Fides et Historia


Ramirez should be commended for this excellent book, which will long be remembered as a classic work on the roots, culture, and development of the Migrant Mexican Pentecostals.--New Mexico Historical Review


This highly recommended book will enrich the curricula of American religious history, Mexican religious history, borderlands history and is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate readers.--Perspectivas


Those interested in Pentecostal religious expression in other migrant ethnic groups and in African American evangelicalism will find the questions posed here relevant. . . . Highly recommended.--Choice

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