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History and interpretations of Mexican American religions

History and theory in the study of Mexican American religions / Gastón Espinosa

Pious colonialism : assessing a church paradigm for Chicano identity / Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo

Mexican American mystics and prophets

Sacred order, sacred space : Reies López Tijerina and the Valle de Paz community / Rudy V. Busto

Holy activist, secular saint : religion and the social activism of César Chávez / Stephen R. Lloyd-Moffett

Religion and the Chicano movement : Católicos por la raza / Mario T. García

Mexican American popular Catholicism

Our Lady of Guadalupe and the politics of cultural interpretation / Socorro Castañeda-Liles

Voces de Fe : Mexican American altaristas in Texas / Kay Turner

Los pastores and the gendered politics of location / Richard R. Flores

Mexican American religions and literature

The religious vision of Gloria Anzaldúa : Borderlands/La frontera as a shamanic space / Davíd Carrasco and Roberto Lint Sagarena

Voice and vision in Chicana religious practice : the literary re-elaborations of Mary Helen Ponce, Denise Chávez, and Sandra Cisneros / Ellen McCracken

Mexican American religions and healing

Brown Moses : Francisco Olazábal and Mexican American Pentecostal healing in the Borderlands / Gastón Espinosa

Borderlands bodies and souls : Mexican religious healing practices in East L.A. / Luis D. León

Mexican American religions and pop culture

Luis Valdez's La pastorela: "the shepherds' play" : tradition, hybridity, and transformation / María Herrera-Sobek

Hybrid spiritualities and Chicana altar-based art : the work of Amalia Mesa-Bains / Laura E. Pérez

Mexican Madonna : Selena and the politics of cultural redemption / Gastón Espinosa

Conclusion: Reflections on Mexican American religions and culture.