Faith and Power : : Latino Religious Politics Since 1945 / / ed. by Maggie Elmore, Felipe Hinojosa, Sergio M. González.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• MitwirkendeR: Bobadilla, Eladio B.,; Cadava, Geraldo L.,; Chávez, César,; Elmore, Maggie,; Fernández, Lilia,; Fernández-Jones, Delia,; González, Sergio M.,; Hinojosa, Felipe,; Martínez, Anne M.,; Medina, Lara,; Ramírez, Yuridia,; Rodríguez V, Jorge Juan,; Tijerina, Reies López,; Vega, Sujey,
• HerausgeberIn: Elmore, Maggie,; González, Sergio M.,; Hinojosa, Felipe,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 5 b/w illustrations

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. It shows that the religious politics of this period were central to secular community-building and resistance efforts. The volume traces the interplay between Latino religions and a variety of pivotal movements, from the farm worker movement to the sanctuary movement, offering breadth and nuance to this history. This illuminates how broader currents involving immigration, refugee policies, de-industrialization, the rise of the religious left and right, and the Chicana/o, immigrant, and Puerto Rican civil rights movements helped to give rise to political engagement among Latino religious actors. By addressing both the influence of these larger trends on religious movements and how the religious movements in turn helped to shape larger political currents, the volume offers a compelling look at the twentieth-century struggle for justice.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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 -- 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: 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