Latino Pentecostals in America :

Espinosa, Gastón,

Latino Pentecostals in America : faith and politics in action / Gaston Espinosa. - 1 online resource (xi, 505 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Holy Ghost and fire: Azusa Street and Mexican Pentecostal origins -- Victory is coming now: Mexican Pentecostals in Texas -- Their salvation may depend on us: missionary origins in Texas -- The gringos have control: Francisco Olazábal's reformation in the borderlands -- Pentecostal origins in the Southwest and the struggle for self-determination -- The challenges of freedom: Mexican American leadership in the Southwest -- We preach the truth: Azusa Street and Puerto Rican Pentecostal origins and expansion -- The "Puerto Rican problem": the struggle for integration, independence, and rebirth -- Spirit and power: Puerto Rican Pentecostalism in New York City -- Your daughters shall prophesy: the uphill struggle of women in ministry -- Righteousness and justice: faith-based action for social change -- Balancing the horizontal with the vertical: Latino growth, social views, and influence in national politics.

"Seeks to provide a history of the Latino AG [Assemblies of God] that can also serve as a case study and window into the larger Latino Pentecostal, Evangelical, and Protestant movements along with the changing flow of North American religious history." (page 2).

9780674369993 0674369998 0674728874 9780674728875

22573/ctt7m7rth JSTOR


Assemblies of God--History.
Assemblies of God.


Hispanic American Pentecostals.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--Hispanic American Studies.
Hispanic American Pentecostals.


United States.


Electronic books.
History.

BR1644.5.U6 / .E87 2014eb

277.3/08208968