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Academic releases new book Bayanihan and Belonging : Filipinos and Religion in Canada

Professor Alison Marshall of the Brandon University in Manitoba has a new book .
The book titled Bayanihan and Belonging : Filipinos and Religion in Canada “ seeks to understand the link between Filipino migrant settlement experiences in rural and urban Canada , and religion ,” according to an abstract
The book was published by the University of Toronto Press .
The abstract said that the work “ draws on archival research and participant narratives , surveys and fieldwork in Manitoba ( Brandon , Carman , Fisher Branch , Gladstone , Neepawa , Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes , Oakbank , Pilot Mound , Portage La Prairie , Steinbach , Swan River , Virden and Winnipeg ), British Columbia , Alberta , Ontario and Quebec , as well as in the Philippines ”.
“ It highlights the important role of church life in urban migrant lives and home devotional practices in rural ones . Among the many findings in this study is that although a church or home shrine may provide belonging to migrants , it cannot make up for the racism of a town , city or employer ,” according to the abstract .
Marshall is a professor in the Department of Religion at Brandon University .
According to a University of Toronto Press blurb : “ Filipinos make up one of the largest immigrant groups in Canada and the majority continue to retain their Roman Catholic faith long after migrating . Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in Canada and the Philippines from 1880 to 2017 , Bayanihan and Belonging aims to understand the role of religion within present-day Filipino Canadian communities .
“ With a focus on Winnipeg , home to Canada ’ s oldest and largest Filipino Canadian community , Alison R . Marshall showcases current church-based and domestic religious routines of migrant Filipinos . From St . Edward the Confessor Church , the principal site of worship for Filipino Catholics in Manitoba , to home chapels , and healing traditions , Marshall explores the day-to-day celebrations of bayanihan , or communal spirit . Drawing on experiences from Manitoba ’ s Filipino population , Bayanihan and Belonging reveals that religious practise fulfills not only a need for spiritual guidance , but also for community .”
Peter Beyer of the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa wrote a review .
“ In this work , Alison Marshall once again renders visible a portion of Canada ’ s multicultural and religiously diverse mosaic that generally receives little attention in the literature or even in public discussion . Whereas in her previous work that group was the ethnically Chinese population of the pre- 1970s era , here she shows the diversity and complexity of the histories and biographies of those who have come to Canada from the Philippines . In telling their stories and letting them tell their stories , with emphasis on what has been important to them in their settlement in Canada , Marshall goes beyond vague conceptions and stereotypes to recover and profile what may be lost or invisible . The book makes a genuine contribution and should be recommended to anyone who wants to see what diversity in our country actually looks like in person and on the ground ,” Beyer wrote .
Marshall is co-chair of the American Academy of Religion ’ s Religion and Migration Unit , and a former board member of the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre . Marshall ’ s current research examines Asian history , religion and migration .
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