New Faith, New Family: Contadini, Pentecostalism, and the Struggle for Social Identity in the New World

During the mass migration of 1870-1920, the peasantry of southern Italy flooded the urban centres of America. Accustomed to a rural-agrarian lifestyle and steeped in traditional religious beliefs, contadini (Italian peasants) found themselves isolated in the industrial centres of America. Separation...

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Auteur principal: Palma, Paul J (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Equinox Publ. [2018]
Dans: PentecoStudies
Année: 2018, Volume: 17, Numéro: 2, Pages: 116-133
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B USA / Migration / Italiens / Paysan / Catholicisme / Recherche de l’identité / Pentecôtisme / Histoire 1870-1920
RelBib Classification:CB Spiritualité chrétienne
KBJ Italie
KBQ Amérique du Nord
KDB Église catholique romaine
KDG Église libre
KDH Sectes d’origine chrétienne
Sujets non-standardisés:B United States; Emigration and immigration
B Pentecostal churches; United States
B UNITED States; Social conditions
B Immigrants; Religious life
B Peer reviewed
B Catholic Church; United States
B Rural-urban migration
B Folk religion, Christian
B Social Psychology
B Italians; United States
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Résumé:During the mass migration of 1870-1920, the peasantry of southern Italy flooded the urban centres of America. Accustomed to a rural-agrarian lifestyle and steeped in traditional religious beliefs, contadini (Italian peasants) found themselves isolated in the industrial centres of America. Separation from kin and the faith of their ancestors contributed to a psychological void that led contadini to seek new forms of Christianityfor religious fulfilment. This article explores the social psychology of the contadini during the mass migration. It examines the historico-cultural conditions that drove peasants from Catholicism, the mental and emotional dimensions of being in tension with their new environment, and the suitability of other faith contexts, particularly Pentecostalism, to mitigate the experience of isolation.
ISSN:1871-7691
Contient:Enthalten in: PentecoStudies