Bridget Kevane is associate professor of modern languages and literatures at Montana State University. She is the author of Latino Literature in America.

This original contribution to the field of Latino/a literature, focuses on the representation of religion and its practices. Kevane gives a compelling account of the alternatives to Christian faith offered by Latino/a writers who believe that something is broken in the religious practice of Hispanic culture. With this book, Kevane also challenges the rigid categories often used to describe the faith and religious practice of Latino/as, and she enriches our thinking about the new and alternative stories these writers tell about religious experience.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Violence, Faith, and Active Miracles in East Los Angeles:Their Dogs Came With Them and The Miraculous Day of Amalia GomezChapter 3 The Meaning of Consuelo and Chango's Fire: Latino Puerto Rican TheologyChapter 4 Spiritual Revolutions: God and Trujillo in In the Time of Butterflies and Geographies of HomeChapter 5 The Secret Jew: Days of Awe and A Simple Habana Melody (from when the world was good)Chapter 6 Conclusion