Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-340) and index.

Part I: Historical struggles -- Conquest, faith and resistance in the southwest / Timothy Matovina -- The mysticism and social action of Cesar chavez / Stephen Lloyd Moffett -- Cesar Chavez and the religion of revolution / Luis Leon -- "In the outer boundaries ..." : Pentecostalism, politics and Reies Lopez Tijerina's civic activism / Rudy Busto -- Padres : Latino community priests and social action / Mario T. Garcia -- The challenges and consequences of being Latina, Catholic, and feminist / Lara Medina -- The Mexican American cultural center and the politics of spiritual empowerment / Socorro Castaneda -- Ya basta! latino : a Protestant activism in the Chicano and farm worker movements / Paul Barton -- Fe y accion social : Hispanic churches in faith-based community organizing / Richard L. Wood -- "Dangerous times call for risky responses" : Latino immigration and sanctuary, 1981-2001 / Maria Cristina Garcia -- Part II: Contemporary struggles -- Public lives in American Hispanic churches : expanding the paradigm / Daniel Ramirez -- The ladies are warriors : Latina Pentecostalism and Faith-based Activism in New York City / Elizabeth Rios -- Chains of liberation : poverty and social action in the universal church of the kingdom of God / Jill DeTemple -- "The Lord requires justice" : lessons on leadership from the African-American church for Mexican American Catholics / Alberto Pulido and Santo Vega -- Pray for Elian : religion and politics in Miami / Miguel de la Torre -- Intifada : church state conflict in Vieques, Puerto Rico / Lester McGrath-Andino -- Assessing and interpreting 150 years of U.S. Latino faith-based activism -- Latino clergy and churches in faith-based political and social action in the United States / Gaston Espinosa -- Assessing and interpreting 150 years of Latino faith-based action / Gaston Espinosa, Viriglio Elizondo, and Jesse Miranda.