Missionaries : migrants or expatriates? : Guatemalan Pentecostal leaders in Los Angeles /
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| Author / Creator: | Buitrago Valencia, Clara, author. |
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| Imprint: | Trier : Wissenschatflicher Verlag ; New Orleans, LA : University of New Orleans Press, [2021] |
| Description: | 219 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Inter-American studies : cultures, societies, history = Estudios interamericanos : culturas, sociedades, historia ; volume 30 Inter-American studies ; v. 30. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12577023 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Pentecostalism in Guatemala
- 1.2. Inter-American Mobility and New Pentecostal Missionary Flows: Evangelizing from the South to the North
- 1.2.1. Missionaries from the South to the North: Expatriates or Migrants?
- 1.3. Guatemalan Independent Pentecostal Leaders in the Interamerican Social Space Established Between Guatemala and Los Angeles: A Praxeological Approach
- 1.4. Structure of the Dissertation
- 2. Literature Review: Delimiting Pentecostalism and Outlining Studies Dealing with Latino Pentecostalism and Migration in the United States
- 2.1. Delimiting Pentecostalism
- 2.2. Studies on the Relation Between Latino Pentecostalism and Migration in the United States
- 2.2.1. The "Incorporation Approach"
- 2.2.2. The "Religion on the Move" Approach
- 3. Description of the Research
- 3.1. Theoretical Framework
- 3.1.1. Praxeological Approach to the Study of Religion
- 3.1.2. Bourdieu and the Study of Religion: Towards a Religious Praxis
- 3.1.3. Between Embodied and Objectified Conditions of Praxis
- 3.2. Methodological Framework
- 3.2.1. The Fieldwork
- 3.2.2. Biographical Narratives
- 3.3. Process of Analysis and Writing
- 4. Guatemalan Pentecostal Leaders in Los Angeles: Contexts of Departure and Arrival since the 1970s
- 4.1. Los Angeles in the 2010s
- 4.2. Historical Trends in Los Angeles
- 4.3. Guatemalans in Los Angeles: Changing Migratory Flows since 1970
- 4.3.1. The 1970s: The Beginning of Guatemalan Migration to Los Angeles
- 4.3.2. The 1980s: Economic or Political Immigrants? Social Turmoil in Guatemala
- 4.3.3. The 1990s: Changing Context, Shifting Expectations
- 4.3.4. From 2000 to the Present: Inclusion and Exclusion Conditions for Guatemalans in a Megalopolis
- 4.4. Conclusions
- 5. The Religious Field in Los Angeles in 2014: The Scene of Latino Pentecostalism
- 5.1. Latino Pentecostalism in Numbers
- 5.1.1. Pentecostal Churches' Ties to Latin America
- 5.2. Pentecostal Latinos and Their Churches: The Dimension of "Achievement of Eminence"
- 5.3. Who is in Charge? The Dimension of "Religious Authenticity"
- 5.4. Where Can the Guatemalan Pentecostal Independent Leaders of this Study Be Placed in Los Angeles's Religious Field?
- 5.5. Conclusion
- 6. Immigrant or Expatriate? The Self-Perception of Guatemalan Independent Pentecostal Missionaries in Los Angeles
- 6.1. Methodological Considerations Regarding Habitus Analysis
- 6.2. Results of the Habitus Analysis
- 6.2.1. Leaders by Divine Consecration
- 6.2.2. Leaders by Professional Consecration
- 6.3. Interpreting the Results
- 6.4. Conclusions
- 7. The Centrality of God
- 7.1. The Call: Articulation of a Career as a Religious Leader
- 7.1.1. Reviewing the Literature about the "Call"
- 7.1.2. The Call in the Cases of Guatemalan Independent Pentecostal Leaders Studied
- 7.2. Diversity in Pentecostal Praxis
- 7.2.1. God-as-Restorer Paradigm
- 7.2.2. God's Love Paradigm
- 7.2.3. Spiritual Warfare Paradigm
- 7.3. Pentecostal Praxis and the Habitus Oriented Towards Professionalization as a Religious Agent: Some Final Observations
- 7.4. Conclusion
- 8. Conclusions
- 8.1. Being a Pentecostal Missionary
- 8.2. Diversity in Pentecostal Praxis
- 8.3. Bringing Together Guatemalan Pentecostal Independent Leaders' Identities and the Structural Conditions in Los Angeles
- 8.4. Contribution to the Sociological Study of the Relationship Between Religious Life and Migration
- 9. Works Cited
