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V. Models of Dissent: The Chicano Movement in the Roman Catholic Church

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2018

Jason Steidl
Jason Steidl*
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Fordham University
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This contribution to the roundtable will compare two forms of protest in the church—one that is radical and challenges the church from the outside, and the other that is institutional and challenges the church from the inside. For case studies, I will compare Católicos Por La Raza (CPLR), a group of Chicano students that employed dramatic demonstrations in its protest of the Catholic Church, and PADRES, an organization of Catholic priests that utilized the tools at its disposal to challenge racism from within the hierarchy. I will outline the ecclesiologies of CPLR and PADRES, the ways in which these visions led to differing means of dissent, and the successes and failures of each group.

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Theological Roundtable
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Horizons , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , June 2018 , pp. 146 - 149
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Copyright © College Theology Society 2018 

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References

39 See García, Mario, Chicano Liberation Theology: The Writings and Documents of Richard Cruz and Católicos Por La Raza (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 2009), xiv–xviiGoogle Scholar.

40 Richard Cruz, “The Church: The Model of Hypocrisy,” in Chicano Liberation Theology, 27.

41 Richard Cruz, “The Church and La Raza,” in Chicano Liberation Theology, 25.

42 García, Chicano Liberation Theology, xx.

43 de Vaca, Vince, “The Camp Oliver Take Over,” La Verdad (December 1969) in Chicano Liberation Theology, 35–37Google Scholar.

44 García, Chicano Liberation Theology, xxi–xxvi.

45 Ibid., xxvii.

46 Mario García, interview by author, August 9, 2016.

47 García, Chicano Liberation Theology, xxvii–xxviii.

48 Ibid., xxx.

49 See Romero, Juan, “Charism and Power: An Essay on the History of PADRES,” U.S. Catholic Historian 9 (Winter–Spring 1990): 150–52Google Scholar.

50 Martinez, Richard Edward, PADRES (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005), 104–6Google Scholar.

51 Ibid., 88–95.

52 Ibid., 100–107.

53 Ibid., 107.

54 Romero, “Charism and Power,” 161–63.

55 Vincent Lopez, quoted by Romero, “Charism and Power,” 158.