Week 10: Latino Catholics and Protestants

Tuesday, October 28

• Leal, David L. 2010. “Religion and the Political and Civic Lives of Latinos.” In Religion and Democracy in the United States: Danger or Opportunity? Alan Wolfe and Ira Katznelson (eds). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Chapter 10: pp. 308-352.)

Thursday, October 30

• Valenzuela, Ali Adam. 2014. “Tending the Flock: Latino Religious Commitments and Political Preferences.” Political Research Quarterly 67(4): 930–42.

• Wong, Janelle. 2018. “The Evangelical Vote and Race in the 2016 Presidential Election.” The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics 3(1): 81–106.

• Axios. “Hispanic Protestants are politically diverse, survey finds”

Deadline

Peer-review draft of congregational visit paper due Friday, October 31, at 11:59pm on Canvas.

Must complete peer-review on Canvas by Tuesday, November 4, by class time.

In-class readings

• PRRI. “How Much Do Hispanics Differ in Their Support for LGBTQ Rights?”

• PEW. “10 facts about U.S. Catholics”

• PEW. “Among U.S. Latinos, Catholicism Continues to Decline but Is Still the Largest Faith”

• PEW. “Profile of Hispanic Catholics in the U.S.”

• PRRI. “Analyzing the 2024 Presidential Vote: PRRI’s Post-Election Survey”