"Barba, in his book, recounts how 'divine healing' was seen as a pragmatic way to care for impoverished workers who lacked regular access to medical care. For laborers working in tough conditions, it was about 'hard work and fervent worship … work by day and worship by night,' Barba said."
~ Alejandra Molina
"New book spotlights influence of Pentecostalism on California’s Mexican farmworkers" - The Presbyterian Outlook
“'People are getting hurt. People are contracting tuberculosis. People are seeking out healing when there’s not a health care system in place to provide those kinds of services,' Barba said. 'Whether we’re talking physical healing, or what we now refer to as mental health and counseling, these are spaces that offered respite in an otherwise punishing world.'”
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