Latinos and the New Immigrant Church.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (302 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Beginnings: Catholic Religious Tradition in Spain and Latin America -- 2 Mexico's Revolution Travels to San Antonio -- 3 Colonial Dilemmas: Puerto Ricans and the U.S. Church -- 4 Powers of the Prelates: Urban Hierarchies Contrasted -- 5 Cuban Miami and Exile Catholicism -- 6 Suburbanization and Mobility in Catholic Chicago -- 7 New Urban Opportunities: Church Leadership in Texas and New York City -- 8 Globalization and the New Immigrant Church -- Epilogue: Latino Religious Tradition as Metaphor -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
By contrasting the development of three distinctive Latino communities--the Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans--Badillo challenges the popular concept of an overarching "Latino experienceand offers instead an integrative approach to understanding the scope, depth, and complexity of the Latino contribution to the character of America's urban landscapes.