“A study that offers fresh interpretations of Latino/a religious studies and American religions history.”—Journal of American History
“Puts forth a radical rethinking of the 1930s repatriation of Mexican immigrants and their families, which is generally depicted as a xenophobic tragedy. . . . Essential reading for graduate students in Mexican religious history, borderlands, and Latino history.”—Hispanic American Historical Review
“This highly recommended book will enrich the curricula of American religious history, Mexican religious history, borderlands history and is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate readers.”—Perspectivas
“Offers historians of religion a fresh and engaging template for exploring Pentecostal growth in Latin America.”—The Americas
“I would absolutely recommend this book for every course on American religious history as its narrative style is easily accessible to the undergraduate student and challenging and stimulating for the graduate student.”—Reading Religion
“Ramirez has not only given us a history of the origins of the Pentecostal movement along the U.S.-Mexican border, he has also modeled a narrative form that gives voice to individuals and groups who are misunderstood in most historical studies when they are not entirely passed over.”—Fides et Historia
“Ramirez should be commended for this excellent book, which will long be remembered as a classic work on the roots, culture, and development of the Migrant Mexican Pentecostals.”—New Mexico Historical Review
“Those interested in Pentecostal religious expression in other migrant ethnic groups and in African American evangelicalism will find the questions posed here relevant. . . . Highly recommended."—CHOICE
“His layered presentation of complex ideologies, theories, and information adds a multidimensional work to the field.”—H-Net Reviews
“Illuminates the interplay of migration, mobility, and musicality in Pentecostalism’s global boom.”—Interpretation
