Latino religions and civic activism in the United States /edited by Gast{acute}on Espinosa, Virgilio Elizondo, and Jesse Miranda.
Description
Part I: Historical struggles -- Conquest, faith and resistance in the southwest / Timothy Matovina -- The mysticism and social action of C{acute}esar ch{acute}avez / Stephen Lloyd Moffett -- C{acute}esar Ch{acute}avez and the religion of revolution / Luis Le{acute}on -- "In the outer boundaries ..." : Pentecostalism, politics and Reies L{acute}opez Tijerina's civic activism / Rudy Busto -- Padres : Latino community priests and social action / Mario T. Garc{acute}ia -- The challenges and consequences of being Latina, Catholic, and feminist / Lara Medina -- The Mexican American cultural center and the politics of spiritual empowerment / Socorro Casta{tilde}neda -- Ya basta! latino : a Protestant activism in the Chicano and farm worker movements / Paul Barton -- Fe y acci{acute}on social : Hispanic churches in faith-based community organizing / Richard L. Wood -- "Dangerous times call for risky responses" : Latino immigration and sanctuary, 1981-2001 / Mar{acute}ia Cristina Garc{acute}ia -- Part II: Contemporary struggles -- Public lives in American Hispanic churches : expanding the paradigm / Daniel Ram{acute}irez -- 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 and Santo Vega -- Pray for Eli{acute}an : 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 / Gast{acute}on Espinosa -- Assessing and interpreting 150 years of Latino faith-based action / Gast{acute}on Espinosa, Viriglio Elizondo, and Jesse Miranda.
xv, 350 p. :ill. ;24 cm.
Book Details
Place Published
City
Oxford ;New York
Date Published
2005
Publication Subjects
Hispanic Americans--Religion.
Religion and sociology--United States.