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Beginning with a Cuban Catholic ritual in Miami; this book takes readers on a momentous theoretical journey toward a new understanding of religion. At this historical moment; when movement across boundaries is of critical importance for all areas of human life―from media and entertainment to economy and politics―Thomas Tweed offers a powerful vision of religion in motion; dynamic; alive with crossings and flows.A deeply researched; broadly gauged; and vividly written study of religion such as few American scholars have ever attempted; Crossing and Dwelling depicts religion in place and in movement; dwelling and crossing. Tweed considers how religion situates devotees in time and space; positioning them in the body; the home; the homeland; and the cosmos. He explores how the religious employ tropes; artifacts; rituals; and institutions to mark boundaries and to prescribe and proscribe different kinds of movements across those boundaries; and how religions enable and constrain terrestrial; corporeal; and cosmic crossings. Drawing on insights from the natural and social sciences; Tweed's work is grounded in the gritty particulars of distinctive religious practices; even as it moves toward ideas about cross-cultural patterns. At a time when scholars in many fields shy away from generalizations; this book offers a responsible way to think broadly about religion; a topic that is crucial for understanding the contemporary world. Lucid in explanations; engaging in presentation; rich in examples; Crossing and Dwelling has profound implications for the study and teaching of religion in our day.