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Martínez Juan Francisco <1957-> |
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Titolo |
Sea la luz [[electronic resource] ] : the making of Mexican Protestantism in the American Southwest, 1829-1900 / / Juan Francisco Martínez |
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Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-13304-3 |
9786611133047 |
1-57441-393-7 |
1-4337-1039-0 |
1-4356-2458-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mexican American Protestants - Southwest, New - History - 19th century |
Southwest, New Church history 19th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-187) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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"Planting the institutions of freedom" -- Protestant attitudes toward the conquest of the Southwest -- "Unfit for the duties and privileges of citizens" -- Anglo American Protestant attitudes toward the Mexicans of the Southwest -- "Making good citizens out of the Mexicans" -- Motivations for Protestant mission work among Mexican Americans -- "Yet many do not declare themselves for fear" -- Protestant mission efforts prior to the Civil War -- "Teaching them to be law-abiding, industrious and thrifty citizens" -- Mexican American Protestantism in Texas -- "A slumbering people" -- Mexican American Protestantism in the territory of New Mexico -- "Doing what he could" -- Mexican American Protestantism in Colorado, the territory of Arizona, and California -- "A power for the uplifting of the Mexican race" -- Characteristics of the nineteenth-century Mexican American Protestant community -- Conclusion : beginnings of a new subculture. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Mexican Protestantism was born in the encounter between Mexican Catholics and Anglo American Protestants, after the United States ventured into the South west and wrested territory from Mexico in the |
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