What debates have animated recent migration history? How has religion impacted migrant communities? What is the relationship(s) between migration and religion? In this course, students will master some of the major debates in the historical scholarship of religion and migration in the Americas. Students will be exposed to the debates over the significance of identity formation; the implications of contact, conflict, and imperialism; language politics; immigration debates; the role of religion and religious institutions in migration, and other topics. We will consider the following: How has the crossing of different borders changed over time? What is the difference between immigration and transnational migration? What similarities have migrant communities shared? What issues have divided them? How have certain inequalities (e.g. economic, immigration status, etc.) compounded others (race, gender, etc.)? How have institutions of faith responded to transnational migration over time? How has immigration law been used as a tool for both exclusion and inclusion?