PARAL Studies Series
An Enduring Flame: Studies on Latino
Popular Religiosity (Volume I) Edited
by Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo and Ana Maria Diaz-Stevens
Is the first of the four-volume PARAL Studies series.
Each of the nine articles in this collection focuses upon a different
element of popular religiosity which is described as "the subjective
disposition of people to innovate, develop and celebrate religious
expressions without clerical or institutional control." The
articles employ disciplines as varied as history, sociology,anthropology
and theology to examine this important facet of Latino religion.
Many Latino cultural attitudes are shown to derive from various
religious sources.
Old Masks, New Faces: Religion and
Latino Identities (Volume II) Edited
by Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo and Gilbert R. Cadena
Is the second volume of the PARAL Studies series. The
collection of eight articles approaches Latino identity from several
different religious perspectives. Protestantism, Catholicism, feminism,
nationalism and political activism are examined for their impact
upon the current self-understanding of Latinos.
Engimatic Powers: Syncretism with African
and Indigenous Peoples' Religions Among Latinos (Volume III)
Edited by Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo and AndreEs
Perez y Mena
Is the thired volume of the PARAL Studies series. The
collection critically examines current theories of syncertism, concluding
that the process among Latinos is to complex to be subsumed under
formulations generally utilized by students of religion in the United
States.
Discovering Latino Religion: A Comprehensive
Social Science Bibliography (Volume IV) Edited
by Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo and Segundo Pantoja
Is the fourth volume of the PARAL Studies series. The book features
a comprehensive bibliography of social science and related works
on Latino religion. The bibliography of some thousand entries is
divided into four parts:
- Social Science Publications
- Theological and Related Publications
- Reports, Documents, Unpublished Papers and Bibliographies
- Theses and Dissertations
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