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.