Of Borders and Margins: Hispanic Disciples in Texas, 1888-1945

ISBN-13: 9780195152234 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 168 str.

Daisy L. Machado

Opis

The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has an uneasy relationship with its Hispanic constituency. Machado probes the history of this tension by examining the Disciples' interaction with Hispanics in Texas around the turn of the 20th century. The Church's inability to develop significant ties with Hispanics resulted in the creation of a small church that exists on both the geographical and denominational margins of the Christian Church.

Recenzje

The author's interpretive contextual analysis is cogently written and well organized. It is a narrative that deserves to be pondered not only by members of the Disciples denomination but also by a much wider religious and secular population. Overall, I recommend this book as a valuable contribution to our understanding of the dynamics that have characterized Anglo-Hispanic relations in past centuries and continue to influence contemporary ministries. It is an excellent example of scholarship that is readable, reflective, and relevant.