El cuerpo de Cristo
Subtitle: the Hispanic presence in the U.S. Catholic Church
By: edited by Peter Casarella and Raúl Gómez.
Contributors: Casarella, Peter J.; Gómez, Raúl.
Publisher: Crossroad Pub. Co.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
Subjects: Catholic Church -- United States -- Congresses.; Hispanic American Catholics -- Congresses.; Hispanic Americans -- Religion -- Congresses.
Description: Interdisciplinary studies by leading Hispanic scholars investigate the religious, cultural, and artistic dimensions of Hispanic/Latino Catholicism in the United States, revealing the promise it holds for the Church of the next millennium. Uncovering the riches of Hispanic/Latino Catholicism, the essays in this volume explore its roots in the Spanish colonial and Amerindian traditions of Latin America as well as the cultural and religious breadth of contemporary Latino faith.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Proceedings of a conference held in 1997 at Catholic University of America.
"A Crossroad Herder book."