Dr. Lloyd D. Barba, Assistant Professor of Religion and Author: Sowing the Sacred: Mexican Pentcostal Farmworkers in California

Our guest today is Dr. Lloyd D. Barba he is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Amherst College. Dr. Barba is also the author of a new book: Sowing the Sacred: Mexican Pentecostal Farmworkers in California, 1916-1966. His book contains the oral interviews, research and materials from archival collections to tell the stories of sacred-space making by Pentacostal Farmworkers. Dr. Barba captures the untold stories of these workers who mapped out churches, performed outdoor baptisms and provided mutual support to all of their members during one of the one of the most exploitive historical times for Mexicans in the United States. Dr. Barba is one of our Chicano historians providing scholarship and documentation of our untold histories of resilience and fortitude. Let's support our authors! Buy his book, Read his book. You can obtain a 30% discount by using the code: Asflyg6