Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Religion, Faith-Based Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Justice Richard L. Wood On May 2, 2000, thre ...

386 Richard Wood solution that might be labeled an “entitlement” to medical care. More than a few lead- ing California politicia ...

Religion and the Struggle for Justice 387 various points in the evening Portillo called out “Se puede?” (Spanish for “Can it be ...

388 Richard Wood States (from where the only systematic data are available), then discusses recent insights into the importance ...

Religion and the Struggle for Justice 389 arguing for deep political reform in those societies as the only appropriate response ...

390 Richard Wood metropolitan-area federations linking some thirty-five hundred congregations plus some five hundred public scho ...

Religion and the Struggle for Justice 391 federations have reshaped government policy on housing, economic development, public s ...

392 Richard Wood Table 26.1.Racial Makeup of Congregations Sponsoring Faith-Based Organizing Racial/Ethnic Diversity (Majority e ...

Religion and the Struggle for Justice 393 has made funding for faith-based organizing a top priority for over twenty-five years; ...

394 Richard Wood movements in the United States; the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa; move- ments for Irish independence ...

Religion and the Struggle for Justice 395 with important themes in Catholic, historic black Protestant, and mainline Protestant ...

396 Richard Wood quality of ties between individuals, through both personal networks and voluntary associations. Although the co ...

Religion and the Struggle for Justice 397 from one another: Few connections exist between civil society, political society, and ...

398 Richard Wood loathe to collaborate with other democratic efforts (although this has changed in recent years in some parts of ...

Religion and the Struggle for Justice 399 today that such a vision was always an illusion. People of faith are deeply engaged in ...

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Latina Empowerment, Border Realities, and Faith-Based Organizations Milagros Pe ̃na Any discussion of Latin ...

Latina Empowerment and Border Realities 401 a patron saint of Cuba. La Hermita is a place of devotion to the Cuban patron saint, ...

402 Milagros Pe ̃na I develop this account by examining Latina activism in which engagement in pas- toral/community work is link ...

Latina Empowerment and Border Realities 403 against artificial birth control, Latinas admit undergoing sterilization procedures ...

404 Milagros Pe ̃na institutions they engage in their daily lives. Challenging the notion of Latina passivity, D ́ıaz-Stevens (1 ...