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Online-Ressource (254 p)
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Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780814759370
Inhalt:
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 authorit
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I; 1. Fire from Heaven; 2. Living Crosses; 3. I Lift Up My Eyes to the North; PART II; 4. Send Us Power; 5. To Crush the Devil's Head; 6. Shielded by the Blood of Christ; PART III; 7. The Night Hike; 8. The Mexican Dream; Conclusion; Glossary of Spanish and Hñähñu Terms; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; M; N; P; Q; R; S; V; W; Z; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Author
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ISBN 9780814724675
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ISBN 9780814759370
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Fire in the Canyon : Religion, Migration, and the Mexican Dream
Sprache:
Englisch
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