Latino religions and civic activism in the United States
By: edited by Gastón Espinosa, Virgilio Elizondo, Jesse Miranda.
Contributors: Espinosa, Gastón.; Elizondo, Virgilio P.; Miranda, Jesse.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Hispanic Americans -- Religion; Religion and sociology -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-340) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Historical struggles; title: Conquest, faith and resistance in the southwest / Timothy Matovina; title: The mysticism and social action of César chávez / Stephen Lloyd Moffett; title: César Chávez and the religion of revolution / Luis León; title: "In the outer boundaries ..." : Pentecostalism, politics and Reies López Tijerina's civic activism / Rudy Busto; title: Padres : Latino community priests and social action / Mario T. García; title: The challenges and consequences of being Latina, Catholic, and feminist / Lara Medina; title: The Mexican American cultural center and the politics of spiritual empowerment / Socorro Castañeda; title: Ya basta! latino : a Protestant activism in the Chicano and farm worker movements / Paul Barton; title: Fe y acción social : Hispanic churches in faith-based community organizing / Richard L. Wood; title: "Dangerous times call for risky responses" : Latino immigration and sanctuary, 1981-2001 / María Cristina García; title: Part II: Contemporary struggles; title: Public lives in American Hispanic churches : expanding the paradigm / Daniel Ramírez; title: The ladies are warriors : Latina Pentecostalism and Faith-based Activism in New York City / Elizabeth Rios; title: Chains of liberation : poverty and social action in the universal church of the kingdom of God / Jill DeTemple; title: "The Lord requires justice" : lessons on leadership from the African-American church for Mexican American Catholics / Alberto Pulido and Santo Vega; title: Pray for Elián : religion and politics in Miami / Miguel de la Torre; title: Intifada : church state conflict in Vieques, Puerto Rico / Lester McGrath-Andino; title: Assessing and interpreting 150 years of U.S. Latino faith-based activism; title: Latino clergy and churches in faith-based political and social action in the United States / Gastón Espinosa; title: Assessing and interpreting 150 years of Latino faith-based action / Gastón Espinosa, Viriglio Elizondo, and Jesse Miranda.