The church in the barrio : Mexican American ethno-Catholicism in Houston / Roberto R. Trevino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Treviño, Roberto R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church work with Mexican Americans--Texas--Houston.

Church work with Mexican Americans.

Houston (Tex.)--Church history.

Houston (Tex.).

Catholic Church--Texas--Houston--History.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a story that spans from the founding of immigrant parishes in the early twentieth century to the rise of the Chicano civil rights movement in the early 1970's, Roberto R. Trevino discusses how an intertwining of ethnic identity and Catholic faith equipped Mexican Americans in Houston to overcome adversity and find a place for themselves in the Bayou City. Houston's native-born and immigrant Mexicans alike found solidarity and sustenance in their Catholicism, a distinctive style that evolved from the blending of the religious sensibilities and practices of Spanish Christians and New...

Contents:

Tejano Catholicism and Houston's Mexican American community

Ethno-Catholicism : empowerment and way of life

The poor Mexican : church perceptions of Texas Mexicans

Answering the call of the people : patterns of institutional growth

In their own way : parish funding and ethnic identity

The church in the barrio : the evolution of Catholic social action

Faith and justice : the church and the Chicano movement.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-294) and index.

ISBN:

9798890877963

9780807877319

080787731X

OCLC:

82465392