The Virgin of el barrio : Marian apparitions, Catholic evangelizing, and Mexican American activism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nabhan-Warren, Kristy
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2005]
Subjects:	Mexican American Catholics > Religious life > Arizona > Phoenix. Guadalupe, Our Lady of > Cult > Arizona > Phoenix. Mary's Ministries. Ruiz, Estela, > 1936- Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Fe (faith), familia (family), and communidad (community) : Mexican American devotion to the Virgin Mary
Estela Ruiz and the Virgin of the Americas : an intimate relationship
From the devil to Mary : the Ruiz family narratives
Battling satan : the Blessed Mother's messages of healing, hope, and urgency
"On fire for Mary and Jesus!" : becoming new men and women in Mary's Ministries
Catholic evangelization : fighting "fire with fire"
Corporate evangelizers :: a family's "vision" for South Phoenix
Hope and healing : the dialectics of faith and place
Conclusion : Grassroots Catholicism.