TheUnitedStatesisinthemidstofademographicrevolution.Itisestimatedthatby2050LatinxAmericanswillmakeupthirtypercentofthenation’stotalpopulation.MostLatinxAmericanstodayareChristian.Andwhile,historically,mostofthoseLatinxChristianshavebeenCatholics,thatischangingaswell,asmoreLatinxAmericansembraceProtestantismorothertraditionsandpractices.EvenwithintheU.S.CatholicChurchthedemographicchangesarebeingfelt,asmorethanhalfofyoungAmericanCatholicsareLatinx.TheOxfordHandbookofLatinxChristianitiesintheUnitedStatesprovidesanintroductiontoU.S.LatinxChristianities,helpingreadersbetterunderstandthelargestminoritygroupintheUnitedStates.ThechaptersarewrittenbyspecialistsinU.S.LatinxChristianitiesfromfieldssuchashistory,theology,andsociologyandorganizedbytheme.Theessays,takenindividuallyandcollectively,payattentiontobothhistoricalandcontemporaryaspectsofmajorChristiandenominationsandmovements.Thishandbookprovidesin-depthcoverageofspecificnationalgroups,denominations,geographies,andtheologies,andalsoattendstothemesofgender,sexuality,empire,migration,diaspora,borderlands,andtransnationalism.Thisvolumeisago-tosourceforanyoneinterestedintherolethatreligion,specificallyChristianity,playsinthelivesofU.S.Latinxs.
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