[Hum_Calendar_Events] UCLA Center for the Study of Religion: Jacqueline Hagan on"Migration Miracle: Faith, Hope and Meaning on the Undocumented Journey" (October 22)

[CDH Service Desk]

The International Institute, the Division of Social Sciences, and the
Migration Study Group

are pleased to present:

 

Migration Miracle: Faith, Hope and Meaning on the Undocumented Journey

Jacqueline Hagan, Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill

Friday, October 22, 12-1:30, 279 Haines Hall

Since the arrival of the Puritans, various religious groups, including
Quakers, Jews, Catholics, and Protestant sects, have migrated to the
United States. The role of religion in motivating their migration and
shaping their settlement experiences has been well documented. What has
not been recorded is the contemporary story of how migrants from Mexico
and Central America rely on religion-their clergy, faith, cultural
expressions, and everyday religious practices-to endure the undocumented
journey.  At a time when anti-immigrant feeling is rising among the
American public and when immigration is often cast in economic or
deviant terms, Migration Miracle humanizes the controversy by exploring
the harsh realities of the migrants' desperate journeys. Drawing on over
300 interviews with men, women, and children, Jacqueline Hagan focuses
on an unexplored dimension of the migration undertaking-the role of
religion and faith in surviving the journey.

This event is co-sponsored with the UCLA Center for Study of Religion

 

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