Acknowledgments Introduction. Religion in the Américas Christopher D. Tirres and Jessica L. Delgado Part I. Fluidity in the Afro-Latine Diaspora Chapter 1. Our Ladies of the 305 Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado Chapter 2. Quimbanda and Ritual Polyphony in Minas Gerais, Brazil Cristina Borges, Alexandre F. S.
Kaitel, Guaraci M. Dos Santos, and Steven Engler Chapter 3. Playful Masculinity: Labor, Relaxation, and Gender Formation in Loíza's Las Fiesta de Santiago Apóstol Alejandro S. Escalante Part II. Aesthetics in Las Américas Chapter 4. ¡Mira, pa ya en el cielo!: The Amazing Decolonial and Theological Adventures of La Borinqueña Joel Morales Cruz Chapter 5. Rockin' the Habit: Colliding Cultural Identities and a Peruvian Nuns' Rock Band Ann Hidalgo Chapter 6. The Afro Cuban Sense of Magic in Osha-Ifá: Its Representation in National Literature and the Visual Arts Axel Presas Part III.
Critical Feminist Epistemologies and Activism Chapter 7. Sacred Motherhood in the Sanctuary Movement: Marian Imagery and the Family Fight for Immigrant Justice Lloyd D. Barba and Tatyana Castillo-Ramos Chapter 8. Subversive Indigenous Feminist Epistemologies: A Methodological Reflection on El Mercado/Qhathu Cecilia Titizano Chapter 9. Anzaldúa2: Beyond (in) Anzaldúa Laura E. Pérez Part IV. Complicating Institutional Religion Chapter 10. Liberation Theology and Its Limits in the Peruvian Andes Matthew Casey-Pariseault Chapter 11.
The Madres de Plaza de Mayo in a Chapel of Mendoza: A Church that is Victimizer and Victim, Catholic and Subversive Ernesto Fiocchetto Chapter 12. From Gang Leaders to Church Leaders: Masculine Ideals among Peruvian Criminals Converting to Pentecostalism Véronique Lecaros Part V. Spiritual Invasions and Contagions Chapter 13. Immunity, and Other Holy Things Paul Ramírez Chapter 14. Contagious Women and Spiritual Status in Colonial Latin America: A Theoretical Proposal Jessica L. Delgado Chapter 15. Spectral Comrades and Comandantes: Latinx Hauntology and the Day of the Dead in Orange County, CA Daisy Vargas and Jennifer Scheper Hughes Contributors.