This “important and well-researched” study of 1960s urban Latino
activism and religion is “brimming with the ideas and voices
of . . . Latinx activists” (Llana Barber, author of Latino City).
In the late 1960s, American cities found themselves in steep decline,
with poor and working-class families hit the hardest. Many urban
religious institutions debated whether to move to the suburbs. Against
the backdrop of the Black and Brown Power movements, which challenged
economic inequality and white supremacy, young Latino radicals began
occupying churches and disrupting services to compel church
communities to join their protests against urban renewal, poverty,
police brutality, and racism. Apostles of Change tells the story of
these occupations and establishes their context within the urban
crisis. It underscores the tensions they created and the activists’
bold, new vision for the church and the world. Through case studies
from Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and Houston, Felipe Hinojosa
reveals how Latino freedom movements crossed the boundaries of faith
and politics. He argues that understanding these radical politics is
essential to understanding the dynamic changes in Latino religious
groups from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.
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Latino Radical Politics, Church Occupations, and the Fight to Save the Barrio
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781477322000
Publisert
2022
Utgiver
Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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