... intimate labor altar work Spirit baptism apprenticeship ...

... This chapter explores the contours of women’s labor at the altar as they (re-)produce a culture of bringing people fully into the body of the church through the conversion experience of Spirit baptism, evidenced by speaking in tongues. It views altar work through the lens of intimate labor...

..., their Aymara neighbors see them as beings who are associated with a lack of civilization and a pre-baptismal era. The testimony of the Uru Murato elder and leader Daniel Moricio tells of his ancestors’ encounter with the Spaniards, whom he refers to almost indistinctly from the Aymara and Quechua...

... and riverine resources through fishing and hunting. They are known as “men of the water” and as the survivors or “leftovers” after a calamitous historical transformation. Thus, their Aymara neighbors see them as beings who are associated with a lack of civilization and a pre-baptismal era. The testimony...

... After Moncada, the trials, imprisonment and finally amnesty for Fidel and the small group of men who survived the baptism of fire, revolutionary war was the logical next step. This chapter focuses on Haydée’s participation in that war. It describes her role as one of a very few women...