RELIGIOUS 173 -

Institution:

Claremont McKenna College

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U.S. Latino Religions and Politics. Espinosa Examines the critical impact of religion on Latino politics and civic activism in the United States. Special attention will be paid to religion and the Chicano movement, César Chávez's farmworkers struggle, Reies LópTijerina's land grant fight, the Sanctuary movement, and the Elián González controversy. This will be followed byanalyses of how Latino Catholic, Mainline Protestant, Evangelical, and Pentecostal religious affiliation has shaped trends in Latino political party affiliation, presidential voting patterns, views on church-state debates, and attitudes on controversial social and moral issues. Offered every other year.

Credits:

1.50

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.claremontmckenna.edu/

Phone Number:

(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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