Father Luis Olivares, a Biography (eBook)

Faith Politics and the Origins of the Sanctuary Movement in Los Angeles

Mario T. García (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
560 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-4332-8 (ISBN)

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This is the amazing untold story of the Los Angeles sanctuary movement's champion, Father Luis Olivares (1934–1993), a Catholic priest and a charismatic, faith-driven leader for social justice. Beginning in 1980 and continuing for most of the decade, hundreds of thousands of Salvadoran and Guatemalan refugees made the hazardous journey to the United States, seeking asylum from political repression and violence in their home states. Instead of being welcomed by the "country of immigrants," they were rebuffed by the Reagan administration, which supported the governments from which they fled. To counter this policy, a powerful sanctuary movement rose up to provide safe havens in churches and synagogues for thousands of Central American refugees.Based on previously unexplored archives and over ninety oral histories, this compelling biography traces the life of a complex and constantly evolving individual, from Olivares's humble beginnings in San Antonio, Texas, to his close friendship with legendary civil rights leader Cesar Chavez and his historic leadership of the United Neighborhoods Organization and the sanctuary movement.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 25 halftones, notes, bibl., index
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Schlagworte: Archbishop (Cardinal) Roger Mahony • Central American Peace Accords • Central American refugees in the 1980s • César Chávez • Chicano Catholic history • Chicano civil rights struggles • Chicano movement • Claretian order • East Los Angeles • Ernesto • Faith-base movements • Faith politics • Farm workers movement • Fr. Luis Olivares • Fr. Michael Kennedy • Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986) • Industrial Areas Foundation • La Placita Church (Our Lady Queen of Angeles) • Liberation Theology • Martin Sheen • Ronald Reagan and Central American wars • Sal Alinsky • Salvadoran death squads in Los Angeles • Sanctuary movement in Los Angeles • United Neighborhoods Organization (UNO) • Vatican Council II
• ISBN-10: 1-4696-4332-4 / 1469643324
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-4332-8 / 9781469643328