Fronteras
Subtitle: a history of the Latin American Church in the USA since 1513
By: edited by Moíses Sandoval
Series: General history of the church in Latin America -- v. 10; General history of the church in Latin America -- v. 10.
Publisher: Mexican American Cultural Center
Published: 1983
Place of publication: San Antonio, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
Subjects: Religion; Hispanic Americans; History; Catholic Church; Church history
Other titles: History of the Latin American Church in the USA since 1513
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The early evangelists of the North American mainland (1513-1808): Missionary beginnings in Spanish Florida, the Southwest, and California / Ricardo Santos. The organization of the Church on the frontier / Ricardo Santos. Daily life on the frontier / Luciano C. Hendren; title: pt. 2. The Church in conflict (1809-1898): The age of turmoil / Ricardo Santos. New Mexico / John Fitzmorris. The Church in Texas / Carmen Tafolla. The Church in New Mexico / Luciano C. Hendren. The Church in California / Moíses Sandoval and Salvador E. Alvarez.; title: pt. 3. Beginnings of the Mexican and Puerto Rican migration (1899-1945): Expansion of the Church in Texas / Carmen Tafolla. The roots of Mestizo Catholicism in California / Salvador E. Alvarez. Mexican migration to the Midwest and East / Moíses Sandoval. Puerto Rican migration to the United States / Antonio M. Stevens-Arroyo; title: pt. 4. The Protestant presence (1845 to the present): Hispanic American Protestantism in the United States / Edwin Sylvest, Jr.; title: pt. 5. The awakening of Hispanic Catholics (1946 to the present): Effects of World War II on the Hispanic people / Moíses Sandoval. The Church and El Movimiento / Moíses Sandoval. Church structures for the Hispanics / Moíses Sandoval. The Latinization process / Moíses Sandoval.