Religion and Politics in America's Borderlands

Herausgeber: Azaransky, Sarah

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Produktbeschreibung

Religion and Politics in America's Borderlands brings together leading academic specialists on immigration and the borderlands, as well as nationally recognized grassroots activists, who reflect on their varied experiences of living, working, and teaching on the US-Mexico border and in the borderlands. Upper level undergraduate students, graduate theology and social science students, and the educated public would benefit from its incisive analysis of the ways the borderlands challenge conventional interpretations of Christianity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 489g
• ISBN-13: 9780739178621
• ISBN-10: 0739178628
• Artikelnr.: 37663371

Autorenporträt

Edited by Sarah Azaransky - Contributions by Orlando Espín; Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández; M. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas); Daisy L. Machado; Pedro Rios; Monica A. Maher; Craig Wong; John Fanestil and Ángel F. Méndez Montoya

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Border and the Borderlands Sarah Azaransky Part I: The
Borderlands as a Religious Resource Chapter One: Immigration and Christian
Doctrine Orlando Espín Chapter Two: Alternately Documented Theologies:
Mapping Border, Exile, and Diaspora Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández Chapter
Three: How to Shape Christian Perspectives on Immigration?: Strategies for
Communicating Biblical Teaching M. Daniel Carroll R. Part II: The
Borderlands as a Political and Religious Reality Chapter Four: Borderlife
and the Religious Imagination Daisy L. Machado Chapter Five: A Tour of the
Border in San Diego: Militarization of the Line and Criminalization of
Immigrants Pedro Rios Chapter Six: Spiritualities of Social Engagement:
Women Resisting Violence in Mexico and Honduras Monica A. Maher Part III:
The Borderlands as a Call to Action Chapter Seven: The Subversive Act of
Breaking Break: How the Eucharist Transforms the Immigration Conversation
Craig Wong Chapter Eight: A Divided Friendship: The Struggle to Save San
Diego's Historic Border Park John Fanestil Chapter Nine: Vicissitudes of
the Margins: An HIV/AIDS Theological Journey Ángel F. Méndez Montoya