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  Focus Course 833:
The Hispanic Experience of Religion and Culture

LIMEX Curriculum Bibliography

Required Readings:

* Casarella, Peter, and Raul Gomez. El Cuerpo de Cristo: The Hispanic Presence in the U.S. Catholic Church. Lima, OH: Academic Renewal, 2003. ISBN# 0-7880-9948-5. (Copies are available through major booksellers and through the publisher by calling 1-800-537-1030 or 419-227-1818 or by ordering online at www.arpress.com.)

De la Torre, Miguel A., and Edwin David Aponte. Introducing Latino/a Theologies. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2001. ISBN# 1-57075-400-4.

Goizueta, Roberto S. Caminémos con Jesús: Toward a Hispanic/Latino Theology of Accompaniment. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1995. ISBN# 1-57075-034-3.

Law, Eric H. The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb: Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community. St. Louis, MO: Chalice, 1993. ISBN# 0-8272-4231-X


* This text will also be used in the second focus course of the Hispanic Ministry area.

Required Course Video:

* The Soul of the City is available from the Loyola University New Orleans Library on loan. Please contact the Outreach Librarian at distlib@loyno.edu  or by calling the library's toll free number (877-614-0633 and ask the librarian to send you a copy as soon as possible. You may also purchase a copy ($29.95 + shipping) from the Mexican American Cultural Center, San Antonio, Texas. To purchase, contact The Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) Bookstore & Gift Shop, 210-732-2156, ext. 7104, or visit http://www.maccsa.org.

* Note: Students are required to view these videos, not to purchase them. If you would like to borrow them from Loyola’s Library, please contact Distance Library Services via email <distlib@loyno.edu> or by calling the library's toll-free number (877-614-0633) and asking the LIMEX Outreach Librarian, Trish Del Nero, to send you a copy.

Roman Catholic Documents and Resources:

U.S. Catholic Bishops. “Encuentro and Mission: A Renewed Pastoral Framework for Hispanic Ministry.” Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 2002. ISBN# 1-5558-6549-6. Publication # 5-496. Order by calling 800-235-USCC, or outside the U.S. and Canada 202-722-8716; or by visiting the web site http://www.usccb.org/publishing/multicultural/hispanic.htm. Text is available online at http://www.usccb.org/hispanicaffairs/index.htm.

–––. Hispanic Ministry: Three Major Documents. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1995. ISBN# 1-55586-197-0. Publication # 197-0. Order by calling 800-235-USCC, or outside the U.S. and Canada 202-722-8716; or by visiting the web site http://www.usccb.org/publishing/multicultural/hispanic.htm.

Additional Sources:

Aquino, Maria Pilar, and Robert Goizueta, eds. Theology: Expanding the Border. Annual Publication of College Theology Society, Volume 23. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third, 1998. ISBN# 0-8962-2933-5.

Bishops of Galveston-Houston. “A Local Church’s Cultural and Ethnic Diversity.” Origins. 14 Dec. 1995: 433-40.

Deck, Allan Figueroa. The Second Wave: Hispanic Ministry and the Evangelization of Cultures. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1989. ISBN# 0-8091-3042-4. .

Diaz del Castillo, Bernal, and Hugh Thomas. The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517-1521. Cambridge, MA: DaCapo, 1996. ISBN# 0-306-80697-5

Diaz-Stevens, Ana Maria. Oxcart Catholicism on Fifth Avenue: The Impact of the Puerto Rican Migration upon the Archdiocese of New York. Notre Dame, IN: U of Notre Dame P, 1993. ISBN# 0-2680-1510-4.

Elizondo, Virgilio. The Future is Mestizo: Life Where Cultures Meet. Boulder, CO: U of Colorado P, 2000. ISBN# 0-87081-576-8.

––– . Galilean Journey: The Mexican-American Promise. 2nd ed. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2000. ISBN# 1-57075-310-5.

––– . Guadalupe: Mother of the New Creation. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1997. ISBN# 1-57075-110-2.

––– , ed. Way of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in the Americas. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002. ISBN# 0-7425-1354-8.

Ferriss, Susan, Ricardo Sandoval, and Diana Hembree. The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement. New York: Harcourt, 1998. ISBN #: 0-15600-598-0.

Fitzpatrick, Joseph. “The Hispanic Poor in a Middle-Class Church.” America 2 July 1988: 11-14.

Gonzales, Justo. “Hispanics in the United States.” Listening Winter 1992: 7-16.

Groody, Daniel, CSC. Border of Death, Valley of Life: An Immigrant Journey of Heart and Spirit. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002. ISBN# 0-74252-241-5.

Hall, Edward. Beyond Culture. 1977. New York: Anchor, 1989. ISBN# 0-3851-2474-0.

Isasi-Diaz, Ada Maria. Mujerista Theology: A Theology for the Twenty-first Century. Philadelphia: Westminster John Knox, 1996. ISBN# 1-57075-081-5.

Isasi-Diaz, Ada Maria, and Fernando F. Segovia, eds. Hispanic/Latino Theology: Challenge and Promise. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1996. ISBN# 0-8006-2921-3.

Olmos, Edward J., et al., eds. Americanos: Latino Life in the United States. New York: Little Brown, 1999. ISBN# 0-31664-909-0.

Ortiz, Manuel. The Hispanic Challenge: Opportunities Confronting the Church. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity, 1994. ISBN# 0-8308-1773-5.

––– . One New People: Models for Developing a Multiethnic Church. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity, 1996. ISBN# 0-83081-882-0.

Rivera, Alex Garcia. St. Martin de Porres: The “Little Stories” and the Semiotics of Culture. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1995. ISBN# 1-57075-033-5.

 

CD ROM:

Mexican American Cultural Center. Ministry in a Multicultural World: Beyond Borders. MACC, 3115 West Ashby Place, San Antonio, TX 78228; 210-732-2156, or http://www.maccsa.org.

Web Sites of Interest:

Froehle, Bryan, and Mary Gautier, “Ministry in a Church of Increasing Diversity: A Profile of Diocesan Hispanic/Latino Ministry.” http://cara.georgetown.edu/pdfs/DDs_HispanicMinistry.pdf.

“Hispanic Population in the United States 2000 March CPS.” United States Census Bureau. 1 Aug. 2002http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic/ho00.html. This page has links to much relevant data within the web site; you may also reach the information on the links by typing in the URLs below:

“Hispanic Population in the United States.” United States Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/p20-535.pdf.

“Hispanic Population in the United States: Current Population Survey 2000.” United States Census Bureau. 6 March 2000 http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic/ho00dtabs.html.

“ Hispanic Population in the United States.” 17 Dec. 2002 http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic.html.

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