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Mexican American Religions

- An Introduction

  • Format
  • Bog, hardback
  • Engelsk

Beskrivelse

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 religionsIberian religion and colonial evangelization of New SpainThe Colonial eraReligion in the Mexican periodThe U.S.-Mexican War and the racialization of Mexican American religionMexican migration and the Catholic ChurchMexican American ProtestantsMexican American Evangelical and Charismatic ChristianityMexican American Catholics in the twentieth and twenty-first centuriesCuranderismoReligion and Mexican American civil rightsPilgrimage and borderland connectionsMexican American Judaism, Islam, Mormonism, and SecularismMexican 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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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal220
  • Udgivelsesdato30-09-2021
  • ISBN139780367250140
  • Forlag Routledge
  • FormatHardback
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  • Vægt453 g
  • coffee cup img
    10 cm
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    15,6 cm
    23,4 cm

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