03718cam a2200565Ki 4500 ocn858997041 OCoLC 20200709055951.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130927s2013 nyu ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T N$T 9780814724675 (electronic bk.) 0814724671 (electronic bk.) 9780814759370 0814759378 9781583673157 1583673156 1479839787 9781479839780 (OCoLC)858997041 n-mx--- JV7409.Z6 E573 2013eb SOC 007000 bisacsh 304.80972/46 23 SOC002000 SOC007000 REL000000 bisacsh N$TA Sarat, Leah, author. Fire in the canyon : religion, migration, and the Mexican dream / Leah Sarat. New York : NYU Press, 2013. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier "The canyon in central Mexico was ablaze with torches as hundreds of people filed in. So palpable was their shared shock and grief, they later said, that neither pastor nor priest was needed. The event was a memorial service for one of their own who had died during an attempted border passage. Months later a survivor emerged from a coma to tell his story. The accident had provoked a near-death encounter with God that prompted his conversion to Pentecostalism. Today, over half of the local residents of El Alberto, a town in central Mexico, are Pentecostal. Submitting themselves to the authority of a God for whom there are no borders, these Pentecostals today both embrace migration as their right while also praying that their "Mexican Dream"--the dream of a Mexican future with ample employment for all--will one day become a reality. Fire in the Canyon provides one of the first in-depth looks at the dynamic relationship between religion, migration, and ethnicity across the U.S.-Mexican border. Faced with the choice between life-threatening danger at the border and life-sapping poverty in Mexico, residents of El Alberto are drawing on both their religion and their indigenous heritage to demand not only the right to migrate, but also the right to stay home. If we wish to understand people's migration decisions, Sarat argues, we must take religion seriously. It is through religion that people formulate their ideas about life, death, and the limits of government authority. Leah Sarat is Assistant Professor of Religion at Arizona State University"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. El Alberto (Mexico) Emigration and immigration. El Alberto (Mexico) Emigration and immigration Religious aspects Pentecostal churches. El Alberto (Mexico) Religious life and customs. Pentecostalism Social aspects Mexico El Alberto. Social networks Mexico El Alberto. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Sarat, Leah. Fire in the canyon 9780814759370 (DLC) 2013022622 (OCoLC)844308841 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=641620 Cover image http://www.netread.com/jcusers/1313/2800852/image/lgcover.9780814759370.jpg EBSCOhost EBSC 641620 11 N$T 53932 53932