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...
| Veröffentlicht in: | PentecoStudies |
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Equinox Publ.
[2018]
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PentecoStudies
Jahr: 2018, Band: 17, Heft: 2, Seiten: 116-133 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
USA
/ Migration
/ Italiener
/ Bauer
/ Katholizismus
/ Identitätsfindung
/ Pfingstbewegung
/ Geschichte 1870-1920
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität KBJ Italien KBQ Nordamerika KDB Katholische Kirche KDG Freikirche KDH Christliche Sondergemeinschaften |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | 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 |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-7691 |
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