Fleshing the Spirit: Spirituality and Activism in Chicana, Latina, and Indigenous Women’s Lives

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Fleshing the Spirit Fleshing the Spirit Spirituality and Activism in Chicana, Latina, and Indigenous Women’s Lives Edited by Elisa Facio and Irene Lara tucson The University of Arizona Press© 2014 The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserved www.uapress.arizona.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fleshing the spirit : spirituality and activism in Chicana, Latina, and indigenous women’s lives / edited by Elisa Facio and Irene Lara. pages cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8165-3097-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Hispanic American women—Religious life. 2. Indian women—Religious life. 3. Spiritual life. 4. Spirituality. 5. Social justice. I. Facio, Elisa. II. Lara, Irene. BL625.7.F556 2014 204.082—dc23 2013039492 Publication of this book is made possible in part by funding from San Diego State University ’s Department of Women’s Studies’ Wertz Carstens Faculty Professional Development Grant, the University of Colorado–Boulder, and by the proceeds of a permanent endowment created with the assistance of a Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency. Manufactured in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper containing a minimum of 30% post-consumer waste and processed chlorine free. 19 18 17 16 15 14 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my valiant sister Cynthia Facio Ortiz, lifelong friend Diane Gutierrez, beloved tia Maria Isidorita “Dora” Esquibel, who crossed over on May 7, 2013, and to all those who have guided and continue to guide me on this spiritual journey. To my daughters, Belén and Xóchitl Lara-Trejo, and every single other one of my precious teachers and students, past, present, and future. ...