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By 2050 an estimated 100 million Americans will claim Latin origin. Thus, an understanding of Latino/a spirituality is essential to understanding religion in this country today and in the future. This book provides insights into how Latinos and Latinas, including Protestants, Catholics, followers of other religions, and secular practitioners, participate in the pursuit and practice of the spiritual or "holy"-santo. Book jacket.

Edwin David Aponte is a research professor of Latino/a and Latin American Christianity in the Center of World Christianity at New York Theological Seminary. An ordained Presbyterian Church USA minister, he is a co-editor of Handbook of Latina/o Theologies and co-author of Introducing Latino/a Theologies. He resides in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Contexts for Spirituality	p. 1
Spirituality in the United States	p. 1
Spirituality on the Margins	p. 7
Personal Voice and Place	p. 13
Plan of the Book	p. 15
Santo and Spirituality	p. 19
What Is Santo?	p. 19
Santo in Southwestern Piety and Art	p. 24
Other Forms of Santos	p. 27
More to the Story	p. 34
Santo: Beyond the Usual Expectations	p. 35
Expectation and Actuality	p. 35
Latino/a Muslims	p. 36
Latino/a Buddhists	p. 40
Alternative Christians	p. 43
"A Different Kind of Hug"	p. 46
Toward Definitions of Santo	p. 51
Latino/a Peoples and the "Holy"	p. 57
What's in a Name?	p. 57
Transnational and Historical Perspectives	p. 58
The Power of Naming	p. 67
The Social Construction of Race	p. 72
Latinidad, Multiple Consciousness, and Spirituality	p. 74
Rituals in the Passages of Life	p. 79
Marking Community through Ritual	p. 79
Stages of Spiritual Development	p. 81
Familia and Life Passages	p. 83
Birth of a Child	p. 84
Quinceañera as Rite of Passage	p. 86
Marriage and Partnership	p. 87
Passages of Death	p. 91
Days of the Dead	p. 95
Conclusion	p. 97
Rhetoric and Traditions	p. 99
Lo Cotidiano and Sacred Rhetoric	p. 99
The Sacred Rhetoric of Prayer in Song	p. 101
Rhetoric from the Margins	p. 103
Everyday Sayings	p. 107
Stories as Narrative Spirituality	p. 109
Sacred Rhetoric, Material Culture, and Latino/a Spirituality	p. 112
Rhetoric and Religiosity	p. 114
Sacred Places and Spaces	p. 115
What Is a Sacred Space?	p. 115
Fixed Spaces	p. 119
Home Altars	p. 124
Sacred Spaces on the Road	p. 126
Places for Mourning	p. 130
Summary	p. 131
Exploring Spanglish Spirituality	p. 133
Living in Spanglish	p. 133
Spanglish as Cultural Mixing	p. 138
Recognizing Spanglish Spirituality	p. 141
Challenges and Promises of Spanglish Spirituality	p. 143
Appendix	p. 149
Notes	p. 151
Select Bibliography	p. 181
Index	p. 187
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Santo! : Varieties of Latino/a Spirituality

Santo! : Varieties of Latino/a Spirituality

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