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Hispanic Methodists, Presbyterians, And Baptists In Texas

by Paul Barton

  • Paperback
  • 258 pages
  • Publisher: University Of Texas Press
  • 16.5 x 22.7 x 1.7 cm

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The question of how one can be both Hispanic and Protestant has perplexed Mexican Americans in Texas ever since Anglo-American Protestants began converting their Mexican Catholic neighbours early in the nineteenth century. Mexican-American Protestants have faced the double challenge of being a religious minority within the larger Mexican-American community and a cultural minority within their Protestant denominations. As they have negotiated and sought to reconcile these two worlds over nearly two centuries, los Protestants have melded Anglo-American Protestantism with Mexican-American culture to create a truly indigenous, authentic, and empowering faith tradition in the Mexican-American community. This book presents the first comparative history of Hispanic Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists in Texas. Covering a broad sweep from the 1830s to the 1990s, Paul Barton examines how Mexican-American Protestant identities have formed and evolved as los Protestants interacted with their two very different communities in the barrio and in the Protestant church.He looks at historical trends and events that affected Mexican-American Protestant identity at different periods and discusses why and how shifts in los Protestants' sense of identity occurred. His research highlights the fact that while Protestantism has traditionally served to assimilate Mexican Americans into the dominant U.S. society, it has also been transformed into a vehicle for expressing and transmitting Hispanic culture and heritage by its Mexican-American adherents.

  • Author

    Paul Barton

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    University Of Texas Press

  • Published

    May 2006

  • Weight

    355g

  • Page Count

    258

  • Dimensions

    16.5 x 22.7 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780292713352

  • ISBN-10

    0292713355

  • Eden Code

    1111806

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