| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 545 pages) |
| Series |
Querencias Series |
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Querencias series.
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| Contents |
A note on ethnic and racial terminology -- Introduction -- The social origins of the Tijerine clan -- The origins of Pentecostalism -- Becoming an evangelist -- Reies Tijerina's ministry -- Of revelation and Reies -- Will he find any faith on earth...? -- The valley of peace -- Restoring New Mexico's land grants -- Of prophets, ancestors, and Tijerinas -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
"In New Mexico's Moses, Ramón A. Gutiérrez dives deeply into Reies López Tijerina's religious formation during the 1940s and 1950s, illustrating how his Pentecostal foundation remained an integral part of his psyche even as he migrated toward social-movement politics. An Assemblies of God evangelist turned Pentecostal itinerant preacher, Tijerina used his secularized apocalyptic theology to inspire the dispossessed heirs of Spanish and Mexican land grants fighting to recuperate ancestral lands throughout northern New Mexico and the Southwest. Using Tijerina's collected sermons, Gutiérrez demonstrates the ways in which biblical prophecy influenced Tijerina throughout his life from his early days as a preacher to his leadership of the Alianza Federal de Mercedes. Tijerina sought justice for those who had lost their lands and was determined to eradicate the most egregious forms of racism and to valorize the language and culture of mexicanos. Translated into English for the first time here, Tijerina's sermons serve as a blueprint for the religious origins of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Ramón A. Gutiérrez is the Preston and Sterling Morton Distinguished Service Professor of History emeritus at the University of Chicago |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Tijerina, Reies -- Religion
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| SUBJECT |
Tijerina, Reies fast |
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Civil rights workers -- New Mexico
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Civil rights workers
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Religion
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New Mexico
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826363763 |
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0826363768 |
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