Introduction. In Search of Chicano Catholic History

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction. In Search of Chicano Catholic History 1
5. One. Fray Angélico Chávez, Religiosity, and New Mexican Oppositional Historical Narrative 29
6. Two Catholic Social Doctrine and Mexican American Political Thought 53
7. Three Recording the Sacred. The Federal Writers’ Project and Hispano-Catholic Traditions in New Mexico, 1935–1939 79
8. Four The U.S. Catholic Church and the Mexican Cultural Question in Wartime America, 1941–1945 111
9. Five Religion in the Chicano Movement. Católicos Por La Raza 131
10. Six Padres. Chicano Community Priests and the Public Arena 171
11. Seven ¡Presente! Father Luis Olivares and the Sanctuary Movement in Los Angeles. A Study of Faith, Ethnic Identity, and Ecumenism 207
12. Eight Contemporary Catholic Popular Religiosity and U.S. Latinos. Expressions of Faith and Ethnicity 251
13. Reflections 277
14. Notes 289
15. Bibliography 343
16. Index 361