Place to Be

Philip J. Williams is a professor of political science at the University of Florida and coeditor of Christianity, Social Change, and Globalization in the Americas (Rutgers University Press).Timothy J. Steigenga is a professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University and coeditor of Conversion of a Continent (Rutgers University Press).Manuel A. VÁsquez is an associate professor of religion at the University of Florida and coauthor of Globalizing the Sacred (Rutgers University Press).

"A Place to Be is a must-read for everyone interested in religion and transnational communities. The book's innovative focus on lived religion and collective mobilization considerably advances theories of both international migration and religion." - Alex Stepick (Director, Immigration & Ethnicity Institute, Florida International University) "A cutting edge contribution that focuses on non-traditional placesof settlement, models new methods for analyzing religious geographies, andhighlights the important role of space, place, and time in immigrantincorporation and mobilization." - Peggy Levitt (author of God Needs No Passport) "This volume makes important contributions to immigration studies as well as to the study of 'lived religion' and its intersection with the livelihoods of Latin American immigrants in Florida."(Journal of American Ethnic History) "A Place to Be is a must-read for everyone interested in religion and transnational communities. The book's innovative focus on lived religion and collective mobilization considerably advances theories of both international migration and religion." - Alex Stepick (Director, Immigration & Ethnicity Institute, Florida International University) "A cutting edge contribution that focuses on non-traditional placesof settlement, models new methods for analyzing religious geographies, andhighlights the important role of space, place, and time in immigrantincorporation and mobilization." - Peggy Levitt (author of God Needs No Passport) "This volume makes important contributions to immigration studies as well as to the study of 'lived religion' and its intersection with the livelihoods of Latin American immigrants in Florida."(Journal of American Ethnic History)

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Transnational LivesBeyond Homo AnomicusFrom Jacaltenango to JupiterSolidarities among Mexican Immigrants in ImmokaleePart II. Collective Mobilization and EmpowermentTransnationalism and Collective Action among Guatemalan and Mexican Immigrants in Two Florida CommunitiesImmigrant Regime of ProductionPart III. Identities and Lived ReligionLived Religion and a Sense of HomeLooking for Lived Religion in ImmokaleeBrazilian and Mexican WomenA Place to Be