Emerging Voices, Urgent Choices

Essays on Latino / A Religious Leadership
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-04-14816-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 422 g

Reihe: Religion in the Americas

The strength of U.S. Hispanic churches is an untold story documented in Emerging Voices, Urgent Choices: Essays on Latino/a Religious Leadership. In this pioneering volume, experts from various disciplines examine the remarkable contribution of Hispanic churches to U.S. society and the challenges their leaders face in serving the country’s growing Latino population.
Chapters analyze success stories in Latino/a ministry, specific issues for Catholic leadership and Protestant denominations, and the political and community-serving activities of diverse congregations.
Together, the essays demonstrate how Hispanic churches of every denomination are generating social capital in neglected communities. The book updates previous research on religion that largely ignores U.S. Latino/as, and adds a new dimension to Latino Studies scholarship by recognizing the important role that religion plays in Hispanic life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hernández, Edwin

Peña, Milagros

Davis, Kenneth

Station, Elizabeth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Edwin I. Hernández, Ph.D. became Director of the Center for the Study of Latino Religion at the Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, in 2002. He was previously a program officer for religion at The Pew Charitable Trusts. He also served as vice president for academic affairs at Antillian Adventist University, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and as a faculty member at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Milagros Peña, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at the University of Florida. She received her doctorate from the State University of New York-Stony Brook. The author of several books and articles, in 1995 she was awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship to Mexico.
Kenneth G. Davis, O.F.M., Conv. is Associate Professor of Pastoral Studies at Saint Meinrad School of Theology. Visit his website at kennethgdavis.com