Latinos & Religion “Catholics were 81% of Latin America’s population in 1996, while Protestants made up only 4%. By 2010, protestants had jumped to 13%, while Catholics dropped to 70%.” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion “…more than two-thirds of the 52 million-plus Latinos in the US are catholic; by 2030, that percentage could be closer to half.” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion “Only 15% of all new priests ordained [Catholic] in the US are Latinos.” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion “The Latino protestant boom is transforming American religious practices and politics, Christianity Today, the country’s leading evangelical magazine, is preparing to publish in Spanish this year.” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion Religion |Generation | | | | 1 st | 2 nd |3 rd | | | Catholic | 69% 59%40% | Evalgelical | 13% 10%21% | Unaffiliated | 9% 18%24% Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion “The evangelico boom is inextricably linked to the immigrant experience. Evangelicos are socially more conservative….” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion “Seeking a break with the past, a quicker assimilation into the middle class and a closer relationship with God, Latinos are pouring into Protestant churches across the US.” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion “They see the move to Protestantism, particularly evangelism, as a form or upward mobility, and very often I think they associate Catholicism with what they left behind in Latin America.” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion Percent attending services at least once a week: Catholic = 47% Evangelicals = 70% General US Pop. = 36% Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion “More than 35% of Hispanics in America call themselves born-again, according to the Pew Forum, and 9 out-of-ten evangelicos say a spiritual search drove their conversion.” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion “Wilfredo De Jesus leads the 17,000 strong New life Covenant Church in Chicago, the largest Assemblies of God church in the US.” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion Percent saying religion is very important in their lives: Catholic = 66% Evangelicals = 92% General US Pop. = 58% Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion “Evalgelico churches are often de facto healing centers for a population with limited health care benefits. They act as food banks for people with empty refrigerators. They house people avoiding street violence. There’s a lot more going on there than just saving souls. ” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion “Latino evangelicals have forced white evangelicals to own their own deepest convictions,…to embrace the neighbor, to embrace the other without regard to social, economic, or ethnic distintions.” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion “Charismatic cannotes a belief in miracles, healing, divine intervention, speaking in tongues and an active spirit world.” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion Percent saying they oppose abortion in all or most cases: Catholic = 52% Evangelicals = 70% General US Pop. = 41% Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion Member churches in the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference = 40,800 Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion “…the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest evangelical denomination in the US,…setting a goal of 7,000 Baptist Hispanic churches by 2020.” Today they count for 3,000…” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion “The Catholic Church now has 4,800 parishes with Latino programs of various kinds across the US,…up to half of Latino Catholics in America are expressing their faith much as the evangelicals community does.” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Latinos & Religion “One attempt to keep those [Latinos] members in the fold has been the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement, which has gathered steam over the past few decades.” Source: Time Magazine, April 15, 2013

Two Nations Under God “...the Catholic church has had to make some concessions. It has become more linguistically and culturally sensitive, and it allows its members to preserve their ethnic differences if they so choose.”

Two Nations Under God “As a result, the Catholic church today fosters segmented assimilation rather than the complete assimilation it encouraged in the past.”

Two Nations Under God “It [Catholic church] fosters “Americanization” through ethnicization.”

Two Nations Under God “Segmented assimilation in religious arenas can result in two possible outcomes….

Two Nations Under God “--Maintaining strong ethnic ties may generate social and cultural capital that fosters social and economic advancement --or, religious participation may further institutionalize incipient segregation and inequality.”

Two Nations Under God “The Second Vatican Council of the 1960s created more space for ethnic diversity....Church policy became less focused on “Americanizing” new congregants and more focused on preserving Latino identity.”

Two Nations Under God “…Latino religious resurgence. Latino Catholic leaders redefined their role as restoring and developing a distinct Latino religion that could not be absorbed into the Euro American religious experience.”

Two Nations Under God “Today, Latinos are the largest ethnic group in the Catholic church. In Florida, Texas & New Mexico, Latinos make up over 67% of the Catholic pop.”

Two Nations Under God “--25% of all Anglos claimed to have no religious preference --13% of Latinos make the same claim. ”

Two Nations Under God --% who are Catholics in the US: --75% of Cubans --74% of Mexican --65% of Puerto Ricans --21% of Anglos

Two Nations Under God -% who are Protestants in the US: --54% of Anglos --22% of Puerto Ricans --15% of Mexican --14% of Cubans

Two Nations Under God “The Bishops Committee for the Spanish Speaking was elevated to a Secretariat of Hispanic Affairs and now oversees pastoral and social services to Latinos throughout the country.”

Two Nations Under God “They [Latinos] also rarely enjoy the same level or representation in parish governance as non-Hispanics.”

Two Nations Under God “What does it mean when civic engagement is channeled through religious rather than political channels? If Latinos generally participate less in politics, but more at church, what are the consequences for their political and civic incorporation?”

Two Nations Under God “This chapter suggests that America’s civil religious fabric is being rewoven in the process of incorporating new Latino immigrants.”

REVIEW QUESTIONS 1.) Is membership in the Catholic faith in Latin America increasing? 2.) What percent of Latinos are Catholics in the US? 3.) How does membership in the Catholic church change between 1 st and 3 rd generation Latinos in the US? 4.) What is one of the drivers for increased membership in “Evangelical” faiths by US Latinos? 5.) In what US city is the largest “Assembly of God” church? 6.) How many Hispanic Baptist churches are there in the US? 7.) What does “segmented assimilation” mean? 8.) Name three states where the majority of Catholics in the state are Latinos. 9.) T or F: A higher % of Puerto Ricans are Catholics than Mexican- Americans. 10.) T or F: A higher % of Cubans are Protestants than Mexican- Americans.