Sea la luz : the making of Mexican Protestantism in the American Southwest, 1829-1900 /

Sea la luz : the making of Mexican Protestantism in the American Southwest, 1829-1900 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martínez, Juan Francisco, 1957-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Mexican American Protestants > Southwest, New > History > 19th century.
Southwest, New > Church history > 19th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • "Planting the institutions of freedom"
  • Protestant attitudes toward the conquest of the Southwest
  • "Unfit for the duties and privileges of citizens"
  • Anglo American Protestant attitudes toward the Mexicans of the Southwest
  • "Making good citizens out of the Mexicans"
  • Motivations for Protestant mission work among Mexican Americans
  • "Yet many do not declare themselves for fear"
  • Protestant mission efforts prior to the Civil War
  • "Teaching them to be law-abiding, industrious and thrifty citizens"
  • Mexican American Protestantism in Texas
  • "A slumbering people"
  • Mexican American Protestantism in the territory of New Mexico
  • "Doing what he could"
  • Mexican American Protestantism in Colorado, the territory of Arizona, and California
  • "A power for the uplifting of the Mexican race"
  • Characteristics of the nineteenth-century Mexican American Protestant community
  • Conclusion : beginnings of a new subculture.