Cesar Chavez's Protestant Allies: The California Migrant Ministry and the Farm Workers
This study of the California Migrant Ministry responds to the majority of scholarship about the Farm Workers' Movement during the grape strikes in the 1960s, which has not fully acknowledged the deep religious roots of Latino civic engagement. The movement led by Cesar Chavez had an overall sen...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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The journal of Presbyterian history
Year: 2009, Volume: 87, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-16 |
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| Summary: | This study of the California Migrant Ministry responds to the majority of scholarship about the Farm Workers' Movement during the grape strikes in the 1960s, which has not fully acknowledged the deep religious roots of Latino civic engagement. The movement led by Cesar Chavez had an overall sense of disciplined spirituality that made it natural for the migrant ministry to work closely with the farm workers' union. This partnership caused concern among conservatives in Protestant churches in California and elsewhere. Because the California Migrant Ministry's director, the Rev. Wayne C. (Chris) Hartmire, was an ordained Presbyterian minister, this was especially true in his denomination, the United Presbyterian Church in the USA (UPCUSA). |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Presbyterian history
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