Latino Religions And Civic Activism In The United States

by Espinosa, Gaston; Elizondo, Virgilio; Miranda, Jesse

• ISBN13: 9780195162288
• ISBN10: 0195162285
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-08-11
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Latino Religions and Civic Activism in the United States challenges and revises the stereotypes that all Latinos are Roman Catholic and politically passive by demonstrating the critical influence of Latino Catholic, Pentecostal, Evangelical, Mainline Protestant, and other popular, institutional, and civil religious expressions on political, civic, and social action in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. It also demonstrates the central importance of religious symbols, rhetoric, ideology, worldviews, and leaders in Latino religions and politics. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Gaston Espinosa is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Claremont McKenna College and past project manager of the Hispanic Churches in American Public Life research project. Virgilio Elizondo is Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Notre Dame, co-principal investigator of the Hispanic Churches in American Public Life research project, and co-founder of the Mexican American Cultural Center in San Antonio, Texas. Jesse Miranda is Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Urban Studies and Ethnic Leadership at Vanguard University, co-principal investigator of the Hispanic Churches in American Public Life research project, and founder and president of the Alianza de Ministerios Evangelicos Nacionales (AMEN).

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction: U.S. Latino Religions and Faith-Based Political, Civic, and Social Action	p. 3
Historical Struggles
Conquest, Faith, and Resistance in the Southwest	p. 19
The Mysticism and Social Action of Cesar Chavez	p. 35
Cesar Chavez and Mexican American Civil Religion	p. 53
"In the Outer Boundaries": Pentecostalism, Politics, and Reies Lopez Tijerina's Civic Activism	p. 65
Padres: Latino Community Priests and Social Action	p. 77
The Challenges and Consequences of being Latina, Catholic, and Political	p. 97
Spiritual Affirmation and Empowerment: The Mexican American Cultural Center	p. 111
Ya Basta! Latino/a Protestant Activism in the Chicano/a and Farm Workers Movements	p. 127
Fe y Accion Social: Hispanic Churches in Faith-Based Community Organizing	p. 145
"Dangerous Times Call for Risky Responses": Latino Immigration and Sanctuary, 1981-2001	p. 159
Contemporary Struggles
Public Lives in American Hispanic Churches: Expanding the Paradigm	p. 177
"The Ladies Are Warriors": Latina Pentecostalism and Faith-Based Activism in New York City	p. 197
Chains of Liberation: Poverty and Social Action in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God	p. 219
"The Lord Requires Justice": Lessons on Leadership from the African American Church for Mexican American Catholics	p. 233
Pray for Elian: Religion and Politics in Miami	p. 249
Intifada: Church-State Conflict in Vieques, Puerto Rico	p. 263
Latino Clergy and Churches in Faith-Based Political and Social Action in the United States	p. 279
Conclusion: Assessing and Interpreting 150 Years of Latino Faith-Based Civic Activism	p. 307
Chronology	p. 315
Bibliography	p. 323
Index	p. 341
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