TY - BOOK AU - Mart�inez,Juan Francisco ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Sea la luz: the making of Mexican Protestantism in the American Southwest, 1829-1900 T2 - Al filo AV - BR563.M49 M33 2006eb U1 - 280/.40896872079 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Denton, Tex. PB - University of North Texas Press KW - Mexican American Protestants KW - Southwest, New KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Church history KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-187) and index; "Planting the institutions of freedom" -- Protestant attitudes toward the conquest of the Southwest -- "Unfit for the duties and privileges of citizens" -- Anglo American Protestant attitudes toward the Mexicans of the Southwest -- "Making good citizens out of the Mexicans" -- Motivations for Protestant mission work among Mexican Americans -- "Yet many do not declare themselves for fear" -- Protestant mission efforts prior to the Civil War -- "Teaching them to be law-abiding, industrious and thrifty citizens" -- Mexican American Protestantism in Texas -- "A slumbering people" -- Mexican American Protestantism in the territory of New Mexico -- "Doing what he could" -- Mexican American Protestantism in Colorado, the territory of Arizona, and California -- "A power for the uplifting of the Mexican race" -- Characteristics of the nineteenth-century Mexican American Protestant community -- Conclusion : beginnings of a new subculture; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10331591 ER -