Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Beginning: Catholic Religious Tradition in Spain and Latin America
2. Mexico's Revolution Travels to San Antonio
3. Colonial Dilemmas: Puerto Ricans and the U.S. Church
4. Powers of the Prelates: Urban Hierarchies Contrasted
5. Cuban Miami and Exile Catholicism
6. Suburbanization and Mobility in Catholic Chicago
7. New Urban Opportunities: Church Leadership in Texas and New York City
8. Globalization and the New Immigrant Church
Epilogue: Latino Religious Tradition as Metaphor
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

David A. Badillo is an associate professor of Latin American and Puerto Rican studies at Lehman College (City University of New York). He previously taught at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Wayne State University, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Latinos in Michigan.

Reviews

I am deeply impressed with David Badillo's accomplishment. I know of no other work that succeeds so well in revealing the scope, complexity and depth of reality of Latino religion in America. -- Allan Figueroa Deck America Provides an excellent introduction to the religious experience of Latinos in the US... Highly recommended. Choice 2007 This well-written book is woven together from an abundant amount of statistical data, historical resources, government reports, contemporary commentaries, news items, and personal examples. -- John T. Ford Religious Studies Review 2006 Ambitious in its scope. This collection of essays covers a vast amount of historical ground. -- Segundo Pantoja Centro 2007 A fresh, new look at the Latino immigrant church in the United States. -- Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J. Americas 2007 While the author's purview is limited to Catholic Latinos, the historical and geographical sweep of his investigation is nevertheless impressively expansive. Catholic Southwest 2007 This book arrives on the academic scene in timely fashion. -- Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo Catholic Historical Review 2007 A valuable reference and introductory work. -- Segundo Pantoja Catholic Studies 2007 Badillo's attention to immigration that places Latino/a experiences within the context of the dynamic interaction between church and metropolis is ripe with possibilities, challenging the cultural amnesia that plagues an immigrant church and nation. Journal of American Academy of Religion Will be a classic for a long time. -- Eduardo C. Fernandez Theological Studies 2008 An excellent introduction... An important contribution to religious studies, transnational American studies, and comparative ethnic studies. -- Karen Mary Davalos American Catholic Studies 2007 This unique and impressive project has an ambitious scope... will benefit scholars of Latino and American religions in the years to come. -- Alberto Lopez Pulido Journal of American History 2007