Keywords:
Pentecostalism-Social aspects-Mexico-El Alberto
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Social networks-Mexico-El Alberto
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El Alberto (Mexico)-Emigration and immigration
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El Alberto (Mexico)-Emigration and immigration-Religious aspects-Pentecostal churches
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El Alberto (Mexico)-Religious life and customs
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Pentecostalism ; Social aspects ; Mexico ; El Alberto
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Social networks ; Mexico ; El Alberto
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El Alberto (Mexico) ; Emigration and immigration
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El Alberto (Mexico) ; Emigration and immigration ; Religious aspects ; Pentecostal churches
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El Alberto (Mexico) ; Religious life and customs
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (254 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780814759370
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1404697
DDC:
304.80972/46
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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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
