Strangers in a Foreign Land The Organizing of Catholic Latinos in the United States

by Schultze, George E.

• ISBN13: 9780739117453
• ISBN10: 0739117459
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-28
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

The Roman Catholic Church and the U.S. labor movement are missing an opportunity to work together to promote the well-being of Latino immigrants, the majority of whom are Catholic. The relationship between the Church and labor has stagnated because the U.S. labor movement (not unlike the Democrat Party) is taking political and social positions on abortion, same sex marriage, and school vouchers that are inimical to Catholic thinking despite the fact that the Church and Latinos immigrants are culturally conservative. Strangers in a Foriegn Land: The Organizing of Catholic Latinos in the U.S. argues that labor groups would enjoy a better relationship with a natural institutional ally by taking no position on these culture war positions. Author George Schultze also takes the position that the Catholic Church should should be taking steps to promote worker-owned cooperatives in the Mondrag n Cooperative Corporation tradition, which recognizes the beneficial role of free market economies.

Author Biography

George E. Schultze is Professor and Spiritual Director at St. Patrick's Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California.

Table of Contents

Aliens no more	p. 1
Catholicism and worklife	p. 23
U.S. labor history and Catholic participation	p. 45
World War I social reconstruction	p. 69
U.S. labor 1940s to 2000 : Catholic labor schools, business unionism, and UFW, and the plant closures decade	p. 83
A swing to the cultural left leaves the Catholic church in the sidelines	p. 109
A need for change	p. 133
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