Hispanics in the Church: Up from the Cellar
- ISBN-10
- 1883255198
- ISBN-13
- 9781883255190
- Pages
- 172
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Catholic Scholars Press
- Author
- Philip E. Lampe
Description
Hispanics make up approximately one-third of the members of the Catholic Church in the United States today and are expected to constitute one half of the U.S. Catholic population in the twenty-first century. What is their position and role in the Catholic church today, and what will it be tomorrow? This new collection explores the past, present and possible future status of the Hispanics in the Catholic church in the United States. Introduced by Philip Lampe, it contains articles by leading scholars Tarcisio Beal, Juan Romero, Yolanda Tarango and Timothy Matovina, documenting issues of crucial importance to the development of the church: the composition of the Catholic Hispanic population, the practice of religion among Hispanics, the role of Hispanics in the Catholic church, Mexican American priests, Las Hermanas, and the role of Virgin of Guadalupe in Hispanic Catholicism.
