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Mexican Immigrants:Religion, Place, andSociability in Motion

Institut for Kultur og Global Studier,

Aalborg, Universitete,

June 6th, 2016, Aalborg, Danmar

!atri"ia #ortun$ %oret de &ola'I(SAS , !eninsular, &)*i"o

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Useful Concepts

Space - Place Sociability

Mobile and multiple

identities, unnished(Massey, 2005)

Warm & friendly relations

permeated by the reliiouse!perience

Common and meaninful"alues (#e Certeau , 2000 &

$u% ''5)

$bstraction of the

association play and artreuires the pure, moretransparent and absorbentform of social interaction

*ot e!pected result

$llo+s people to escapee"en from the reliiouscontent +hich assembledthem

(immel, '-')

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2. /mmiration in the 'thcentury/rish & 1erman Catholics

=i"in conditions tenements, yards, and sin7s,

>?lthy and most disustin conditions.

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USA +eligious S"enario in 201%A-I./S !/SI-I/.

otal Catholics 2009 F 28: 20- F 20: 8

=atinos Gnly 2009 F 2': 20- F 8-:

otal

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1ultiracial Church$ny racial roup should be less than 30: (6ancey,

2008J 55)

=ess than 3: of $merican churches are multiracial

Multiple conreations of di"erse ethnic or national

roups in one church

Ieliious ser"ices in common, multiple lanuaes

Dde churches, nonsereated,post'racial2

*on realistic and utopian "ie+ of the $merican

reality

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2000

Afri"an4Ameri"an15

7is8ani" 3

(stimated 2009

7is8ani" 1

1550:2000

;hite 8o8ulation.on47is8ani"

In"reased 9,

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Comparati"e $nalysis of t+oChurches

La Luz del MundoSt. Tomas, Te

!postle

D"anelical,

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1= La Luz del Mundo>

An "tnic'hur"hKounded in the late '20s, in ;alisco, Me!ico

Went to the United tates in the '0s

/t has a li"e $postle, uniue in its 7ind/n myrna, $tlanta, 35: Me!ican 8:

al"adorans, and 1uatemalans, Londurans, andColombians.

ransnational, and lobal, descentered,Ieliious minority in Me!ico

panish is the dominant lanuae

Kreuent contact in the Church, face to face,

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2= La Luz del Mundo>

An "tnic'hur"hhe doctrine and ritual practices are the same

in all parts of the +orld

=in7in to the place of oriin throuh theLoly supper

irtual anta Cena in $tlanta and many othercities

$ place of refue, peace, mutual support,health, disease, authorities and the li7e

N1i"e to Caesar +hat is CaesarOs and to 1od+hat is 1odBsN

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-em8le in Sm$rna, Atlanta

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$. *t. 3homas, 3he 4postle:

4 multiracial church2eins in $tlanta in '

/n '0s and '90s, supported the ci"il

rihts of the blac7 or $frican$merican people

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#. St. Tomas, Te !postle>

the &e*i"an "ongregationolidarity and identication +ith their =atino

priests

$ place of encounter

Ieproduction of their traditions and culture fromtheir countries, nationalities, ethnic roups,

Uni"ersal participation of the faithful in themasses and other acti"ities

/*D1I$= 6DM GK LD *DW D$*1D=/$/G*

or /*D

t T omas T e !post e

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= t. T omas, T e !post e>-ensions bet@een

(uroameri"an %atino

"ongregations

he use of space

=anuae

Kormal education

Dcclesioloy preatican //, postatican //Iural and urban oriin, social class

he imae of the priest for each conreation

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Christian Churches in the 2stCentury

amon =atino /mmirantsIefue, space o$ encounter, identity, belonin

GPer multiple ser"ices

$ pri"ileed place for collecti"e action

o defend their human rihts

=in7in societies of oriin and destinations

Carriers of national symbols, but also less racism

and discrimination to the >other@D!pansion of social net+or7s

Ielations face to face

$ li%ed place +hich produces sociability

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfO3ReVgPqY&feature=relatedhttp://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/MayDay2010/http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/MayDay2010/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfO3ReVgPqY&feature=related

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Conclusionseyond the soul sal"ation or spiritual oPer