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The political spirituality of Cesar Chavez : crossing religious borders / Luis D. Leon.
De Gruyter University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- León, Luis D., 1965- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993--Political and social views.
- Chavez, Cesar.
- Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993--Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Political Spirituality of Cesar Chavez: Crossing Religious Borders maps and challenges many of the mythologies that surround the late iconic labor leader. Focusing on Chavez's own writings, León argues that La Causa can be fruitfully understood as a quasi-religious movement based on Chavez's charismatic leadership, which he modeled after Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi. Chavez recognized that spiritual prophecy, or political spirituality, was the key to disrupting centuries-old dehumanizing narratives that conflated religion with race. Chavez's body became emblematic for Chicano identity and enfleshed a living revolution. While there is much debate and truth-seeking around how he is remembered, through investigating the leader's construction of his own public memory, the author probes the meaning of the discrepancies. By refocusing Chavez's life and beliefs into three broad movements-mythology, prophecy, and religion-León brings us a moral and spiritual agent to match the political leader.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- (Re)Introduction. Enfleshment: Cesar's Body
- 1. Mythology: Think Different
- 2. Prophecy: In the Path of Gandhi and Martin Luther King
- 3. Religion: A Revolutionary Spirit
- Conclusion. The Lost Gospel: "God Help Us to Be Men!"
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780520283695
- 0520283694
- 9780520959484
- 0520959485
- OCLC:
- 966912367
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