The Virgin of el Barrio : Marian Apparitions, Catholic Evangelizing, and Mexican American Activism.
Material type: TextSeries: Qualitative Studies in Religion SerPublisher: New York : New York University Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (301 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780814759165Subject(s): Mexican American Catholics - Religious life - Arizona - PhoenixGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Virgin of el Barrio : Marian Apparitions, Catholic Evangelizing, and Mexican American ActivismDDC classification: 269/.2/092 LOC classification: BT660.G8 NOnline resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Fe (Faith), Familia (Family), and Communidad (Community) Mexican American Devotion to the Virgin Mary -- 1. Estela Ruiz and the Virgin of the Americas -- 2. From the Devil to Mary -- 3. Battling Satan -- 4. " On Fire for Mary and Jesus!" -- 5. Catholic Evangelization -- 6. Corporate Evangelizers -- 7. Hope and Healing -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
In 1998, a Mexican American woman named Estela Ruiz began seeing visions of the Virgin Mary in south Phoenix. The apparitions and messages spurred the creation of Mary's Ministries, a Catholic evangelizing group, and its sister organization, ESPIRITU, which focuses on community-based initiatives and social justice for Latinos/as. Based on ten years of participant observation and in-depth interviews, The Virgin of El Barrio traces the spiritual transformation of Ruiz, the development of the community that has sprung up around her, and the international expansion of their message. Their organizations blend popular and official Catholicism as well as evangelical Protestant styles of praise and worship, shedding light on Catholic responses to the tensions between popular and official piety and the needs of Mexican Americans.
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