| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 350 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part I: Historical struggles -- Conquest, faith and resistance in the southwest / Timothy Matovina -- The mysticism and social action of César Chávez / Stephen Lloyd Moffett -- César Chávez and the religion of revolution / Luis León -- In the outer boundaries ... : Pentecostalism, politics and Reies López Tijerina's civic activism / Rudy Busto -- Padres : Latino community priests and social action / Mario T. García -- The challenges and consequences of being Latina, Catholic, and feminist / Lara Medina -- The Mexican American cultural center and the politics of spiritual empowerment / Socorro Castañeda -- Ya basta! latino : a Protestant activism in the Chicano and farm worker movements / Paul Barton -- Fe y acción social : Hispanic churches in faith-based community organizing / Richard L. Wood -- Dangerous times call for risky responses : Latino immigration and sanctuary, 1981-2001 / María Cristina García -- Part II: Contemporary struggles -- Public lives in American Hispanic churches : expanding the paradigm / Daniel Ramírez -- The ladies are warriors : Latina Pentecostalism and Faith-based Activism in New York City / Elizabeth Rios -- Chains of liberation : poverty and social action in the universal church of the kingdom of God / Jill DeTemple -- The Lord requires justice : lessons on leadership from the African-American church for Mexican American Catholics / Alberto Pulido, Santo Vega -- Pray for Elián : religion and politics in Miami / Miguel de la Torre -- Intifada : church state conflict in Vieques, Puerto Rico / Lester McGrath-Andino -- Assessing and interpreting 150 years of U.S. Latino faith-based activism -- Latino clergy and churches in faith-based political and social action in the United States / Gastón Espinosa -- Assessing and interpreting 150 years of Latino faith-based action / Gastón Espinosa, Viriglio Elizondo, Jesse Miranda |
| Summary |
Presenting 16 new essays addressing important issues, movements & personalities in Latino religions in America, this book aims to overthrow the stereotype that Latinos are politically passive & that their churches have supported the status quo, failing to engage in or support the struggle for civil rights & social justice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-340) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hispanic Americans -- Religion.
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Religion and sociology -- United States
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Hispanic Americans -- Religion
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Religion and sociology
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Bürgerinitiative
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Hispanos
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Politische Beteiligung
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Religiöse Bewegung
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Religion
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Kirchliches Leben
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Spaanse Amerikanen.
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Godsdiensten.
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United States
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Hispanos.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Espinosa, Gastón.
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Elizondo, Virgilio P
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Miranda, Jesse.
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| LC no. |
2004008801 |
| ISBN |
9781429438315 |
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1429438312 |
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9781280838422 |
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1280838426 |
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9780195347500 |
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0195347501 |
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9786610838424 |
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6610838429 |
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