Latinx Religious Organizations: Lifelines for Social and Political Engagement on Immigration in the United States = Latinx Religious Organizations: Lifelines for Social and Political Engagement on Immigration in the United States

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Churches, congregations, and faith-based organizations (FBOs) are among the most visible, dynamic, and politically positioned institutions in Latinx/Hispanic communities. This paper focuses on the role that Latinx and non-Latinx churches, congregations, and FBOs play in leading civic engagement and readiness to mobilize in times of need for social action in the U.S. Analysis in this paper builds on face-to-face interviews conducted with Latinx pastors representing several cities in the U.S., observations from survey responses conducted for the Chicago Latino Congregations Study, and on newspaper accounts of recent resurgent faith-based sanctuary movement activism. The Chicago Latinx Congregations Study (CLCS)―a multi-level, comprehensive study of Latinx congregations in metropolitan Chicago includes surveys of clergy, lay leaders, and congregants completed in 2007―and provided a unique, in-depth window into Latinx Christianity embedded in a community context. The paper shows that social activism resides in the ebb and flow of particular political moments and focuses on religious organizations readiness to mobilize on behalf of immigrants beginning in local community settings.