Mexican American Religions

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This collection presents a rich, multidisciplinary inquiry into the role of religion in the Mexican American community. Breaking new ground by analyzing the influence of religion on Mexican American literature, art, activism, and popular culture, it makes the case for the establishment of Mexican American religious studies as a distinct, recognized field of scholarly inquiry. Scholars of religion, Latin American, and Chicano/a studies as well as of sociology, anthropology, and literary and performance studies, address several broad themes. Taking on questions of history and interpretation, they examine the origins of Mexican American religious studies and Mario Barrera’s theory of internal colonialism. In discussions of the utopian community founded by the preacher and activist Reies López Tijerina, César Chávez’s faith-based activism, and the Los Angeles-based Católicos Por La Raza movement of the late 1960s, other contributors focus on mystics and prophets. Still others illuminate popular Catholicism by looking at Our Lady of Guadalupe, home altars, and Los Pastores dramas (nativity plays) as vehicles for personal, social, and political empowerment. Turning to literature, contributors consider Gloria Anzaldúa’s view of the borderlands as a mystic vision and the ways that Chicana writers invoke religious symbols and rhetoric to articulate a moral vision highlighting social injustice. They investigate the role of healing, looking at it in relation to both the Latino Pentecostal movement and the practice of the curanderismo tradition in East Los Angeles. Delving into to popular culture, they reflect on Luis Valdez’s video drama La Pastorela: “The Shepherds’ Play,” the spirituality of Chicana art, and the religious overtones of the reverence for the slain Tejana music star Selena. This volume signals the vibrancy and diversity of the practices, arts, traditions, and spiritualities that reflect and inform Mexican American religion. Contributors: Rudy V. Busto, Davíd Carrasco, Socorro Castañeda-Liles, Gastón Espinosa, Richard R. Flores, Mario T. García, María Herrera-Sobek, Luís D. León, Ellen McCracken, Stephen R. Lloyd-Moffett, Laura E. Pérez, Roberto Lint Saragena, Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, Kay Turner

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Genre : Religion
Author : Gastón Espinosa
Publisher : Duke University Press
Release : 2008-07-08
File : 455 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780822388951


Mexican American Religions

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Mexican American Religions is a concise introduction to the religious life of Mexican American people in the United States. This accessible volume uses historical narrative to explore the complex religious experiences and practices that have shaped Mexican American life in North America. It addresses the religious impact of U.S. imperial expansion into formerly Mexican territory and examines how religion intertwines with Mexican and Mexican American migration into and within the United States. This book also delves into the particularities and challenges faced by Mexican American Catholics in the United States, the development and spread of Mexican American Protestantism and Pentecostalism, and a growing religious diversity. Topics covered include: Mesoamerican religions Iberian religion and colonial evangelization of New Spain The Colonial era Religion in the Mexican period The U.S.-Mexican War and the racialization of Mexican American religion Mexican migration and the Catholic Church Mexican American Protestants Mexican American Evangelical and Charismatic Christianity Mexican American Catholics in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Curanderismo Religion and Mexican American civil rights Pilgrimage and borderland connections Mexican American Judaism, Islam, Mormonism, and Secularism Mexican American Religions provides an overview of this incredibly diverse community and its ongoing cultural contribution. Ideal for students and scholars approaching the topic for the first time, the book includes sections in each chapter that focus on Mexican American religion in practice.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Brett Hendrickson
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2021-09-30
File : 210 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781000441529


Hispanic American Religious Cultures 2 Volumes

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This encyclopedia is the first comprehensive survey of Hispanic American religiosity, contextualizing the roles of Latino and Latina Americans within U.S. religious culture. Spanning two volumes, Hispanic American Religious Cultures encompasses the full diversity of faiths and spiritual beliefs practiced among Hispanic Americans. It is the first comprehensive work to provide historic contexts for the many religious identities expressed among Hispanic Americans. The entries of this encyclopedia cover a range of spiritual affiliations, including Christian religious expressions, world faiths, and indigenous practices. Coverage includes historical development, current practices, and key individuals, while additional essays look at issues across various traditions. By examining the distinctive Hispanic interpretations of religious traditions, Hispanic American Religious Cultures explores the history of Latino and Latina Americans and the impact of living in the United States on their culture.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Miguel A. De La Torre
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release : 2009-09-10
File : 945 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781598841404


Exhibiting The Visual Culture Of American Religions

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Genre : Art and religion
Author : David Morgan
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Release : 2000
File : 138 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015050477069


Introduction To The U S Latina And Latino Religious Experience

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This is the first single volume on the U.S. Latina/Latino religious experience. It features a comprehensive treatment of this large ethnic group, including thematic chapters detailing the roles that cultural phenomena such as art, film, and politics play in the U.S. Latina/Latino religious experience.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Hector Avalos
Publisher : Brill
Release : 2004
File : 340 Pages
ISBN-13 : PSU:000057191430


The Native Religions Of Mexico And Peru

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Originally delivered as part of the 1884 Hibbert lecture series in Oxford and London, R ville's book probes the origins and growth of religion in pre-Columbian America. Among the topics are "The Deities and Myths of Mexico;" The Sacrifices, Sacerdotal and Monastic Institutions, Eschatology and Cosmogony of Mexico;" "The Fall of the Incas--Peruvian Mythology, Priesthood;" and "Peruvian Cultus and Festivals."

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Genre : Indian mythology
Author : Albert Réville
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Release : 1884
File : 226 Pages
ISBN-13 : UVA:X000157174


Mexican Art For Mexican Americans

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Genre : Art, Mexican
Author : Lloyd George Slone
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Release : 1985
File : 232 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105040597085


 Mexico

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Genre : Mexico
Author : Hubert Howe Bancroft
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Release : 1883
File : 823 Pages
ISBN-13 : YALE:39002032657174


History Of Mexico

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Genre : Mexico
Author : Hubert Howe Bancroft
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Release : 1886
File : 818 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105118137178


History Of Mexico 1521 1600

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Genre : Mexico
Author : Hubert Howe Bancroft
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Release : 1883
File : 820 Pages
ISBN-13 : HARVARD:32044089394381