The Political Spirituality of Cesar Chavez: Crossing Religious Borders

by Luis D Leon and Luis D. León

Book Overview

The Political Spirituality of Cesar Chavez: Crossing Religious Borders maps and challenges many of the mythologies that surround the late iconic labor leader. Focusing on Chavez's own writings, Le n argues that La Causa can be fruitfully understood as a quasi-religious movement based on Chavez's charismatic leadership, which he modeled after Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi. Chavez recognized that spiritual prophecy, or political spirituality,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520283686
• ISBN13: 9780520283688
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"