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Faith and Power Latino Religious Politics Since 1945.

Illuminates how religion shapes Latino politics and community buildingToo often religious politics are considered peripheral to social movements, not central to them. Faith and Power: Latino Religious Politics Since 1945 seeks to correct this misinterpretation, focusing on the post-World War II era....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hinojosa, Felipe
Other Authors: Elmore, Maggie, González, Sergio M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2022.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Latino Religious Politics: Mapping the Field
  • Part I. Place and Politics
  • 1. Catholics, the State, and Latino Advocacy in World War II
  • 2. Chicago's Catholic Archdiocese and the Challenges of Serving a Multiethnic Latino Population
  • 3. Pan-Latino Placemaking and Housing Dynamics: St. Joseph the Worker in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1956-2000
  • 4. Latina/o Mormons: Spanish-Speaking Saints Negotiating Identity in the Deseret
  • Part II. Freedom Movements
  • 5. Pentecostalism's Instrumental Faith and Alternative Power: César Chávez and Reies López Tijerina among Pentecostal Farmworkers, 1954-1956
  • 6. Lived Religion in East Harlem: The New York Young Lords Occupy First Spanish-The People's Church
  • 7. From the Fields to the Cities: The Rise of Latina/o Religious Politics in the Civil Rights Era
  • 8. The Legacy of Las Hermanas for Latina/o Religious Politics in the Twenty-First Century
  • Part III. Immigrant Transformations
  • 9. Political Fellowship and the Sanctuary Movement: Central American Refugees and Practices of Religiopolitical Accompaniment, 1982-1990
  • 10. "The Needs of Migrant People": Catholics and Immigrants' Rights in the Twentieth Century
  • 11. The Spiritual Is Political: The Pilsen Via Crucis as a Path to Resistance
  • 12. "Two Churches in One Building": Holy Cross Catholic Church, Latino Immigration, and New Geographies of Resistance, 1988-1997
  • Afterword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Suggested Readings
  • About the Editors
  • About the Contributors
  • Index