Carlos Vargas-Ramos is research associate at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at the City University of New York, Hunter College.Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo is professor emeritus of Puerto Rican and Latino studies at the City University of New York, Brooklyn College.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1 IntroductionAnthony M. Stevens-ArroyoPart I: Theoretical and Historical Issues2 The Political Persuasions of Latino Faith CommunitiesAnthony M. Stevens-ArroyoPart II: Community Perspectives3 Latinos, Religion, and Political Participation in New York CityCarlos Vargas-Ramos4 Transnational Religious and Sociopolitical Dynamics of a Racialized Puerto Rican Community in ConnecticutSamiri Hernández Hiraldo5 "It's a Calling to Get Involved?…" The Catholic Charismatic Movement and Civic Engagement among Mexican ImmigrantsG. Cristina MoraPart III: 2004 Elections6 Standing Up for Social Justice: Catholic Voting Patterns and the Latino Effect in the 2004 Presidential ElectionFrank Ridzi, Matthew T. Loveland, and Jillian Ruhland7 Epilogue: The Growing Influence of the Latino Catholic VoteMark M. GrayAfterword: Suggestions for Further Reading on Latinos and ReligionExcursus: A Layperson's Guide to Research on Hispanics/LatinosAnthony M. Stevens-ArroyoBibliographyAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex

Carlos Vargas-Ramos is research associate at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at the City University of New York, Hunter College.Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo is professor emeritus of Puerto Rican and Latino studies at the City University of New York, Brooklyn College.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1 IntroductionAnthony M. Stevens-ArroyoPart I: Theoretical and Historical Issues2 The Political Persuasions of Latino Faith CommunitiesAnthony M. Stevens-ArroyoPart II: Community Perspectives3 Latinos, Religion, and Political Participation in New York CityCarlos Vargas-Ramos4 Transnational Religious and Sociopolitical Dynamics of a Racialized Puerto Rican Community in ConnecticutSamiri Hernández Hiraldo5 "It's a Calling to Get Involved?…" The Catholic Charismatic Movement and Civic Engagement among Mexican ImmigrantsG. Cristina MoraPart III: 2004 Elections6 Standing Up for Social Justice: Catholic Voting Patterns and the Latino Effect in the 2004 Presidential ElectionFrank Ridzi, Matthew T. Loveland, and Jillian Ruhland7 Epilogue: The Growing Influence of the Latino Catholic VoteMark M. GrayAfterword: Suggestions for Further Reading on Latinos and ReligionExcursus: A Layperson's Guide to Research on Hispanics/LatinosAnthony M. Stevens-ArroyoBibliographyAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex