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January 19, 2006
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Vásquez believes that in the global age, religious dynamics may have a boomerang effect across the Americas with dramatic consequences. We explore how religion will shape the increasing Hispanic population and how religion itself might be changed.
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A flier taped to a roadside shrine to St. Jude, the patron saint of the desperate, warns migrants to watch out for volunteers patrolling U.S./Mexico in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. Migrants pray at the shrine before starting their journey to the border fence, which is located about a mile across the desert from the shrine. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Voice on the Radio
Manuel Vasquez Manuel Vásquez
Vásquez is associate professor of religion at the University of Florida, and author of Globalizing the Sacred: Religion Across the Americas.

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Marie Friedmann Marquardt Marie Friedmann Marquardt is a doctoral researcher at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and coauthor of Globalizing the Sacred: Religion Across the Americas.