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Crossing the Water and Keeping the Faith
eBook - Haitian Religion in Miami, North American Religions
ISBN/EAN: 9781479820771
Umbreit-Nr.: 1214645
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 0 S.
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Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 19.08.2013
Auflage: 1/2013
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Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
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- <p>Beginning in the late 1970s and early 1980s,<br>significant numbers of Haitian immigrants began to arrive and settle in Miami.<br>Overcoming some of the most foreboding obstacles ever to face immigrants in<br>America, they, their children, and now their grandchildren, as well as more<br>recently arriving immigrants from Haiti, have diversified socioeconomically.<br>Together, they have made South Florida home to the largest population of<br>native-born Haitians and diasporic Haitians outside of the Caribbean and one of<br>the most significant Caribbean immigrant communities in the world. Religion has<br>played a central role in making all of this happen.<br><br><br><br>Crossing the Water and Keeping the Faith is a historical and<br>ethnographic study of Haitian religion in immigrant communities, based on<br>fieldwork in both Miami and Haiti, as well as extensive archival research.<br>Where many studies of Haitian religion limit themselves to one faith, Rey and<br>Stepick explore Catholicism, Protestantism, and Vodou in conversation with one<br>another, suggesting that despite the differences between these practices, the<br>three faiths ultimately create a sense of unity, fulfillment, and self-worth in<br>Haitian communities. This meticulously researched and vibrantly written book<br>contributes to the growing body of literature on religion among new immigrants,<br>as well as providing a rich exploration of Haitian faith communities.</p>