Guadalupe and Her Faithful

Latino Catholics in San Antonio, from Colonial Origins to the Present
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8018-7959-3
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 467 g

Reihe: Lived Religions

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the most revered religious figure in Mexican Catholicism. Devotion to Guadalupe among Mexicans and Mexican Americans has evolved for nearly five centuries into a deeply rooted, multifaceted tradition. Here, religion scholar Timothy Matovina offers a thorough study of this tradition as it has been lived out by the parishioners of San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas. He shows how the devotion to Guadalupe sustained this congregation through times of political turmoil, war and peace, and ecclesiastical and social changes over San Antonio's long history, from an agricultural settlement on the northern edge of New Spain to a dynamic U.S. metropolis.

Engaging recent scholarly analysis of ritual studies, lived religion, Latino theology and history, transnationalism, and ethnicity, Guadalupe and Her Faithful shows how religious traditions shape and are shaped by a faith community's shifting contexts and power dynamics. This fascinating account reveals the potential force—and the potential limitations—of devotion in people's lives and religious imagination.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Matovina, Timothy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction: An Evolving Tradition
Chapter 1. "Nuestra Madre Querida"
Chapter 2. Patroness of la Frontera, 1731–1836
Chapter 3. Defender of Dignidad, 1836–1900
Chapter 4. Companion in el Exilio, 1900–1940
Chapter 5. Celestial Mestiza, 1940–2003
Epilogue: The Future of Guadalupan Devotion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Matovina, Timothy
Timothy Matovina is associate professor of theology and the William and Anna Jean Cushwa Director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame.