TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nabhan-Warren,Kristy
TI  - The Cursillo movement in America: catholics, protestants, and fourth-day spirituality 
SN  - 9781469607177
AV  - BX2375 .C877 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
PB  - The University of North Carolina Press
KW  - Cursillo Movement in the United States
KW  - Lay ministry
KW  - Prayer
KW  - Spiritual retreats
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Education
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover Page; The Cursillo Movement in America; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Preface New Beginnings; Introduction Finding Christ and Community in America; Chapter One Los Orígenes Mallorquines; Chapter Two Coming to America; Chapter Three A Focus on Christian Experience; Chapter Four Blooming Where We're Planted; Chapter Five Teens Encounter Christ; Chapter Six Feeding Bodies and Souls; Chapter Seven Maverick yet Mainstream; Epilogue Cursillo Weekends, Fourth-Day Spirituality, and the Future; Appendix One Cursillo Chronology; Appendix Two Glossary; Notes; Index; 2; b
N2  - "The internationally growing Cursillo movement, or "short course in Christianity," founded in 1944 by Spanish Catholic lay practitioners, has become popular among American Catholics and Protestants alike. This lay-led weekend experience helps participants recommit to and live their faith. Emphasizing how American Christians have privileged the individual religious experience and downplayed denominational and theological differences in favor of a common identity as renewed people of faith, Kristy Nabhan-Warren focuses on cursillistas--those who have completed a Cursillo weekend--to show how their experiences are a touchstone for understanding these trends in post-1960s American Christianity"--; "The internationally growing Cursillo movement, or "short course in Christianity," founded in 1944 by Spanish Catholic lay practitioners, has become popular among American Catholics and Protestants alike. This lay-led weekend experience helps participants recommit to and live their faith. Emphasizing how American Christians have privileged the individual religious experience and downplayed denominational and theological differences in favor of a common identity as renewed people of faith, Kristy Nabhan-Warren focuses on cursillistas--those who have completed a Cursillo weekend--to show how their experiences are a touchstone for understanding these trends in post-1960s American Christianity. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork as well as historical research, Nabhan-Warren shows the importance of Latino Catholics in the spread of the Cursillo movement. Cursillistas' stories, she argues, guide us toward a new understanding of contemporary Christian identities, inside and outside U.S. borders, and of the importance of globalizing American religious boundaries"--
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