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Latino Religions and Civic Activism in the United States

Gastón Espinosa, Virgilio Elizondo, and Jesse Miranda

Abstract

This book presents sixteen chapters addressing important issues, personalities, and movements in Latino religions in America. The book's purpose is to overthrow the longstanding stereotype that Latinos are politically passive and that their churches have supported the status quo, failing to engage in or support that struggle for civil rights and social justice. Individual chapters explore such varied topics as “The Mysticism and Social Action of Cesar Chavez,” “The Challenges of Being Latina, Catholic, and Feminist,” “Hispanic Churches in Faith-Based Community Organizing,” and “The Mexican Ame ... More

Keywords: Latino religions, stereotype, Hispanic churches, civil rights, social justice, mysticism, Cesar Chavez, Latina, Catholic, feminist

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2005 Print ISBN-13: 9780195162271
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195162271.001.0001

Authors

Affiliations are at time of print publication.

Gastón Espinosa, editor

Virgilio Elizondo, editor
both at University of California, Santa Barbara

Jesse Miranda, editor
Vanguard University

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Front Matter

Title Pages

Dedication

Preface

Contributors

Latino Religions and Civic Activism in the United States

Introduction: U.S. Latino Religions and Faith-Based Political, Civic, and Social Action

Gastó Espinosa, Virgilio Elizondo, and Jesse Miranda

Part I Historical Struggles

1 Conquest, Faith, and Resistance in the Southwest

Timothy Matovina

2 The Mysticism and Social Action of César Chávez

Stephen R. Lloyd-Moffett

3 César Chávez and Mexican American Civil Religion

LuíS D. León

4 “In the Outer Boundaries”: Pentecostalism, Politics, and Reies López Tijerina's Civic Activism

Rudiger V. Busto

5 PADRES: Latino Community Priests and Social Action

Mario T. García

6 The Challenges and Consequences of being Latina, Catholic, and Political

Lara Medina

7 Spiritual Affirmation and Empowerment: The Mexican American Cultural Center

Socorro Castañeda-Liles

8 ¡Ya Basta! Latino/a Protestant Activism in the Chicano/a and Farm Workers Movements

Paul Barton

9 Fe y Acción Social: Hispanic Churches in Faith-Based Community Organizing

Richard L. Wood

10 “Dangerous Times Call for Risky Responses”: Latino Immigration and Sanctuary, 1981–2001

María Cristina García

Part II: Contemporary Struggles

11 Public Lives in American Hispanic Churches: Expanding the Paradigm

Daniel Ramırez

12 “The Ladies Are Warriors”: Latina Pentecostalism and Faith-Based Activism in New York City

Elizabeth D. Ríos

13 Chains of Liberation: Poverty and Social Action in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God

Jill Detemple

14 “The Lord Requires Justice”: Lessons on Leadership from the African American Church for Mexican American Catholics

Alberto López Pulido, and Santos C. Vega

15 Pray for Elián: Religion and Politics in Miami

Miguel A. De La Torre

16 Intifada: Church—State Conflict in Vieques, Puerto Rico

Lester Mcgrath-Andino

17 Latino Clergy and Churches in Faith-Based Political and Social Action in the United States

Gastón Espinosa

Conclusion: Assessing and Interpreting 150 Years of Latino Faith-Based Civic Activism

Gastón Espinosa, Virgilio Elizondo, and Jesse Miranda

Chronology

Gastón Espinosa, Virgilio Elizondo, and Jesse Miranda

End Matter

Bibliography

Index