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Barton Paul <1961-> |
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Hispanic Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists in Texas [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Barton |
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Austin, : University of Texas Press, c2006 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Collana |
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Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; ; no. 18 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hispanic Americans - Texas - Religion |
Church work with Hispanic Americans |
Texas Church history |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-231) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Tejano/a Catholic worldview -- "Onward Christian soldiers": Anglo-Protestant missionaries -- "Jesus is all the world to me": los protestantes' appropriation of Anglo-American Protestantism -- "Jesús es mi Rey Soberano": the Mexican-American character of los protestantes -- "Somos uno en el espíritu"? the relationship between los protestantes and Catholicism. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The question of how one can be both Hispanic and Protestant has perplexed Mexican Americans in Texas ever since Anglo-American Protestants began converting their Mexican Catholic neighbors early in the nineteenth century. Mexican-American Protestants have faced the double challenge of being a religious minority within the larger Mexican-American community and a cultural minority within their Protestant denominations. As they have negotiated and sought to reconcile these two worlds over nearly two centuries, los Protestantes have melded Anglo-American Protestantism with Mexican-American culture to create a truly indigenous, authentic, and empowering faith tradition in the Mexican-American community. This book presents the first comparative history of Hispanic Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists in Texas. Covering a broad sweep from the 1830s to the 1990s, Paul Barton examines how Mexican-American Protestant identities have formed and evolved as los Protestantes interacted with |
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