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....

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