Publication Type:
MiscellaneousSource:
Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, p.xii, 259 p. (2001)ISBN:
ISBN: 081352931X (hardcoCall Number:
LC: BR625.S2; Dewey: 261Keywords:
Christianity and culture.; Hispanic Americans -- Religious life and experience; El Salvador; Peru; Latin American church historyNotes:
Contents: "The only way I can walk": women, Christianity, and everyday life in El Salvador, by A L Peterson. Religion and family: Catholic experiences in Peru, by R Castro Aguilar. Popular religion and the (re)construction of community in Yungay, by P Williams. Believers and neighbors: "Huaycan is one and no one shall divide it", by H Munoz. Faith and citizenship: local Catholic experiences in Peruvian communities, by R Castro Aguilar. Rebuilding community in the wake of war: churches and civil society in Morazan, by I Gomez. Rethinking transnationalism: national identities among Peruvian Catholics in New Jersey, by L Ruiz Baia. Youth gangs and religion among Salvadorans in Washington and El Salvador, by I Gomez, M A Vasquez. "Upwards, never down": the Catholic charismatic renewal in transnational perspective, by A L Peterson, M A Vasquez. The global and the local, by A L Peterson, M A Vasquez, P Williams. maps ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-253) and index.