The church in the barrio
Subtitle: Mexican American ethno-Catholicism in Houston
By: Roberto R. Treviño.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780807829967; 9780807856673
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Texas -- Houston -- History; Church work wiht Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Houston; Houston (Tex.) -- Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Tejano Catholicism and Houston's Mexican American community; title: Ethno-Catholicism : empowerment and way of life; title: The poor Mexican : church perceptions of Texas Mexicans; title: Answering the call of the people : patterns of institutional growth; title: In their own way : parish funding and ethnic identity; title: The church in the barrio : the evolution of Catholic social action; title: Faith and justice : the church and the Chicano movement.