Drugs in America: A Documentary History

Drugs in America: A Documentary History
ISBN-10
0814756638
ISBN-13
9780814756638
Series
Drugs in America
Category
History
Pages
574
Language
English
Published
2002-07-28
Publisher
NYU Press
Author
David F. Musto

Description

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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