Faith Makes Us Live - Surviving and Thriving in the Haitian Diaspora

Zusatztext "Rewarding for its anecdotal detail and the many human interest stories it contains." Informationen zum Autor Margarita A. Mooney is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Faculty Fellow of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Klappentext 97371929 Zusammenfassung Based on fieldwork in Haiti and in three cities of the Haitian diaspora - Miami, Montreal, and Paris - this study offers a portrait of the power of faith for immigrants. It explores the struggles and joys of Haitian Catholics in these three very different cities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Chapter 1. "Faith Makes Us Live" Chapter 2. Comparing Religion and Immigration Cross-Nationally Chapter 3. Miami "Jesus Came with Us on the Boat" Chapter 4. Montreal "Hold on Tight! Don't Let Go" Chapter 5. Paris "I Would Be Dead without the Church" Chapter 6. What Lies behind the Mountain? Appendix A. Methods Appendix B. Ayiti Cheri: Notes on the Haitian Homeland Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: Margarita Mooney, Margarita A. Mooney
• Assisted by: Margarita Mooney (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.08.2009
• EAN: 9780520260368
• ISBN: 978-0-520-26036-8
• No. of pages: 302
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Haiti, Florida, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, France, Quebec, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies