TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cadena,Gilbert R.
AU  - Espin,Orlando O.
AU  - Goizueta,Roberto S.
AU  - Leon,Luis D.
AU  - Mary Davalos,Karen
AU  - Matovina,Timothy
AU  - Medina,Lara
AU  - Riebe-Estrella,Gary
TI  - Horizons of the Sacred: Mexican Traditions in U.S. Catholicism 
T2  - Cushwa Center Studies of Catholicism in Twentieth-Century America
SN  - 9781501731969
AV  - BX1407.M48 H67 2002
U1  - 282/.73/0896872 21
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Mexican American Catholics
KW  - History
KW  - Religious Studies
KW  - U.S. History
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; Companion in Exile: Guadalupan Devotion at San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Texas, 1900-1940 --; "The Real Way of Praying": The Via Crucis, Mexicano Sacred Space, and the Architecture of Domination --; Dias de los Muertos: Public Ritual, Community Renewal, and Popular Religion in Los Angeles --; "Soy una Curandera y Soy una Catolica": The Poetics of a Mexican Healing Tradition --; The Symbolic World of Mexican American Religion --; Mexican Religious Practices, Popular Catholicism, and the Development of Doctrine --; Notes --; Selected Bibliography --; Contributors --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Horizons of the Sacred explores the distinctive worldview underlying the faith and lived religion of Catholics of Mexican descent living in the United States. Religious practices, including devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, celebration of the Day of the Dead, the healing tradition of curanderismo, and Good Friday devotions such as the Way of the Cross (Via Crucis), reflect the increasing influence of Mexican traditions in U.S. Catholicism, especially since Mexicans and Mexican Americans are a growing group in most Roman Catholic congregations.In their introduction, Timothy Matovina and Gary Riebe-Estrella analyze the ways Mexican rituals and beliefs pose significant challenges and opportunities for Catholicism in the United States. Original essays by theologians, historians, and ethnographers provide a rich interdisciplinary dialogue on how religious traditions function for Mexican American Catholics, revealing the symbolic world at the heart of their spirituality. The authors speak to the diverse meanings behind these ceremonies, explaining that Mexican American (and other Latino) Catholics use them to express not only religious devotion, but also ethnic identity and patriotism, solidarity, and, in some cases, their condition as exiles. The result is a multilayered vision of Mexican American religion, which touches as well on issues of racism and discrimination, poverty, and the role of women
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501731969
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501731969
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ER  -