Introduction : contexts for spirituality -- Spirituality in the United States -- Spirituality on the margins -- 1. Santo and spirituality -- Santo in Southwestern piety and art -- 2. Santo: beyond the usual expectations -- Latino/a Muslims -- Latino/a Buddhists -- Alternative Christians -- 3. Latino/a peoples and the "holy" -- The power of naming -- Social construction of race -- Latinidad, multiple consciousness, and spirituality -- 4. Rituals in the passages of life -- Marking community through ritual -- Stages of spiritual development -- Familia and life passages -- Birth of a child -- Quinceañera as rite of passage -- Marriage and partnership -- Passages of death -- Days of the dead -- 5. Rhetoric and traditions -- Lo Cotidiano and sacred rhetoric -- The sacred rhetoric of prayer in song -- Rhetoric from the margins -- Everyday sayings -- Stories as narrative spirituality -- Sacred rhetoric, material culture, and Latino/a spirituality -- Rhetoric and religiosity -- 6. Sacred places and spaces -- Home altars -- Sacred spaces on the road -- Places for mourning -- 7. Exploring Spanglish spirituality -- Living in Spanglish -- Spanglish as cultural mixing -- Recognizing Spanglish spirituality.