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Full-Text Articles in Latina/o Studies
Michael C.P. Ryan Bequest, James Wilson
Michael C.P. Ryan Bequest, James Wilson
Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)
CLAGS has received a generous bequest from the from the estate of Michael C.P. Ryan. The executor of Mr. Ryan's estate, Ana-Mita Betancourt, announced that the $60,000 bequest will fund the Michael C.P. Ryan Latino/Latina Colloquium Series, a five-year program exploring political, cultural, and artistic questions facing lesbian and gay Latino/as in the United States and Latin America. The bequest follows an earlier gift from the Ryan estate that helped fund the historic conference. Crossing National and Sexual Borders: Queer Sexualities in Latin/o America, in October 1996.
Quetzalcoatl Challenges The Christian Bible, Elsa Tamez
Quetzalcoatl Challenges The Christian Bible, Elsa Tamez
Journal of Hispanic / Latino Theology
The author traces four different attitudes toward the Bible that have developed in the more than five hundred years since the encounter of 1492. She challenges readers to rethink both their biblical interpretation and the Christian practice that draws upon that interpretation by becoming attentive to indigenous voices and traditions. If the present moment can be recognized as a kairos — a privileged time of decision, judgment, and grace — Tamez argues that “the historical challenge comes at this moment,” some five hundred years later, “from the indigenous and African-American peoples who, together with women, are rising up as newly …
Amos 5:21-24: Religion, Politics, And The Latino Experience, C. Gilbero Romero
Amos 5:21-24: Religion, Politics, And The Latino Experience, C. Gilbero Romero
Journal of Hispanic / Latino Theology
Pursuing insights from his book Hispanic Devotional Piety: Tracing the Biblical Roots, (1991), the author offers insights into ways in which connections between religion and politics, between acts of worship and deeds of justice, set forth in the book of the eighth-century B.C.E. prophet Amos, might nourish an understanding of the links between religion and politics in the contemporary experience of Latina/os. He stresses the positive function of Latino popular religion as a resource for self- determination and empowerment in the face of the oppression and marginalization that are the daily experience of so many Latinas and Latinos.
Evangelization Or Proselytism Of Hispanics? A Pentecostal Perspective, Cecil M. Robeck Jr.
Evangelization Or Proselytism Of Hispanics? A Pentecostal Perspective, Cecil M. Robeck Jr.
Journal of Hispanic / Latino Theology
In this essay, based on an address to the US. National Association of Diocesan Ecumenical Directors, the author reviews the history of U.S. Hispanic involvement in the Pentecostal movement, underscoring the need for sustained dialogue in arriving at common understandings and in working toward the sort of genuine koinōnia that promotes authentic witness to the Gospel.
Naccs 24th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies
Naccs 24th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies
NACCS Conference Programs
Chicana y Chicano Scholarship: Un Compromiso Con Nuestras Comunidades
April 16-19, 1997
Radisson Hotel
Noticias De Naccs, Vol. 4, No. 3, Spring 1997, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies
Noticias De Naccs, Vol. 4, No. 3, Spring 1997, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies
Noticias de NACCS Newsletter
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Acculturation And College Attendance In Hispanic Students, Alma D. Najera
Acculturation And College Attendance In Hispanic Students, Alma D. Najera
Masters Theses
This study investigated the relationship between acculturation and college attendance of Hispanic high school students. Acculturation is mainly associated with the degree to which one experiences cultural change toward the majority culture. It was theorized that acculturation would have a postive association with college attendance. Acculturation level, socioeconomic status and college attendance were the varibles utilized. The students filled out a questionnaire that was composed of 12 questions and five-self report questions. The Twelve qestions were taken from the Short Acculturation Scale, two questions regarding socioeconomic status were taken from the Hollingshead Scocioecomic Scale, with the remaining questions inquiring about …