About the Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Latino Religious Politics: Mapping the Field 1
4. Part I Place and Politics
5. 1 Catholics, the State, and Latino Advocacy in World War II 21
6. 2 Chicago’s Catholic Archdiocese and the Challenges of Serving a Multiethnic Latino Population 42
7. 3 Pan-Latino Placemaking and Housing Dynamics St. Joseph the Worker in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1956–2000 70
8. 4 Latina/o Mormons Spanish-Speaking Saints Negotiating Identity in the Deseret 94
9. Part II Freedom Movements
10. 5 Pentecostalism’s Instrumental Faith and Alternative Power 121
11. 6 Lived Religion in East Harlem: The New York Young Lords Occupy First Spanish—The People’s Church 145
12. 7 From the Fields to the Cities The Rise of Latina/o Religious Politics in the Civil Rights Era 166
13. 8 The Legacy of Las Hermanas for Latina/o Religious Politics in the Twenty-First Century 188
14. Part III Immigrant Transformations
15. 9 Political Fellowship and the Sanctuary Movement: Political Fellowship and the Sanctuary Movement Central American Refugees and Practices of Religiopolitical Accompaniment, 1982–1990 211
16. 10 “The Needs of Migrant People” Catholics and Immigrants’ Rights in the Twentieth Century 233
17. 11 The Spiritual Is Political The Pilsen Via Crucis as a Path to Resistance 253
18. 12 “Two Churches in One Building” Holy Cross Catholic Church, Latino Immigration, and New Geographies of Resistance, 1988–1997 273
19. Afterword 299
20. Acknowledgments 309
21. Suggested Readings 313
22. About the Editors 321
23. About the Contributors 323
24. Index 325