The Virgin of El Barrio : : Marian Apparitions, Catholic Evangelizing, and Mexican American Activism / / Kristy Nabhan-Warren.
In 1998, a Mexican American woman named Estela Ruiz began seeing visions of the Virgin Mary in south Phoenix. The apparitions and messages spurred the creation of Mary’s Ministries, a Catholic evangelizing group, and its sister organization, ESPIRITU, which focuses on community-based initiatives and...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2005] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Qualitative Studies in Religion ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Fe (Faith), Familia (Family), and Communidad (Community): Mexican American Devotion to the Virgin Mary
- 1 Estela Ruiz and the Virgin of the Americas: An Intimate Relationship
- 2 From the Devil to Mary: The Ruiz Family Narratives
- 3 Battling Satan: The Blessed Mother’s Messages of Healing, Hope, and Urgency
- 4 “On Fire for Mary and Jesus!”: Becoming New Men and Women in Mary’s Ministries
- 5 Catholic Evangelization: Fighting “Fire with Fire”
- 6 Corporate Evangelizers: A Family’s “Vision” for South Phoenix
- 7 Hope and Healing: The Dialectics of Faith and Place
- Conclusion: Grassroots Catholicism
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author