| Description |
xv, 350 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-340) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Historical struggles -- Conquest, faith and resistance in the southwest / Timothy Matovina -- The mysticism and social action of César Chávez / Stephen R. Lloyd Moffett -- César Chávez and Mexican American civil religion / Luís D. León -- "In the outer boundaries ..." : Pentecostalism, politics and Reies López Tijerina's civic activism / Rudiger V. Busto -- Padres : Latino community priests and social action / Mario T. García -- The challenges and consequences of being Latina, Catholic, and political / Lara Medina -- Spiritual affirmation and empowerment : the Mexican American cultural center / Socorro Castañeda-Liles -- ¡Ya basta! latino/a Protestant activism in the Chicano/a 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 D. 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 López Pulido and Santo C. Vega -- Pray for Elián : religion and politics in Miami / Miguel A. de la Torre -- Intifada : church-state conflict in Vieques, Puerto Rico / Lester McGrath-Andino -- 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 civic activism / Gastón Espinosa, Viriglio Elizondo, and Jesse Miranda. |
| Subject |
Hispanic Americans -- Religion.
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Religion and sociology -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Espinosa, Gastón.
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Elizondo, Virgilio P.
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Miranda, Jesse.
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| ISBN |
0195162277 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780195162271 cloth alkaline paper |
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0195162285 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780195162288 paperback alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
978019516228 |
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