CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Mayer, Alejandra |
|---|---|
| Title | Moving religion: Religious beliefs and practices of Central American Migrants on their way to the United States |
| Summary | This thesis examines the religious aspects of Central American migration while crossing Mexico having as the main question the role religion plays in the migrant’s journey. To provide a significant understanding of this dimension, as a background it was important to explore and understand the historical and cultural-religious differences in both Central America and Mexico by understanding these differences it was also easy to explore the journey. The ground base project took as a main field the city of Tapachula on the Southern border between Mexico and Guatemala a significant transit point, which for decades has represented the entrance to Mexico for many Central American migrants and even for extra-regional migration. The fieldwork was developed mostly in the Belen Diocesan Shelter where evident religious tensions were present, coming mostly from the different religious scenarios of Central America and Mexico. As well, by linking the spaces and the interaction happening in the shelter on the individual level, the present thesis aims to connect with the larger experience of religion as a source of hope, a connection to tradition and home while being as well a point of tensions and negation when differences are present. |
| Supervisor | Vlad Naumescu |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/mayer_alejandra.pdf |
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