Religion and Politics in America's Borderlands /
Religion and Politics in America's Borderlands /
edited by Sarah Azaransky.
- Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013.
- 1 online resource (206 pages)
About the Contributors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title Page; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Borderlands as a Religious Resource; Immigration and Some of Its Implications for Christian Identity and Doctrine; Alternately Documented Theologies; How to Shape Christian Perspectives on Immigration?; The Borderlands as a Political and Religious Reality; Borderlife and the Religious Imagination; A Tour of the Border in San Diego; Spiritualities of Social Engagement; The Borderlands as a Call to Action; The Subversive Act of Breaking Bread; A Divided Friendship: Friendship Park; Vicissitudes of the Margins; Index; Index of Bible Passages.
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.
9780739178638 0739178636
Christianity and politics--California--San Diego.
Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christianisme et politique--Californie--San Diego.
Émigration et immigration--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Political Advocacy.
Christianity and politics
Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Christianity
California--San Diego
Electronic books.
BR516 .R343 2013
322.109794985
About the Contributors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title Page; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Borderlands as a Religious Resource; Immigration and Some of Its Implications for Christian Identity and Doctrine; Alternately Documented Theologies; How to Shape Christian Perspectives on Immigration?; The Borderlands as a Political and Religious Reality; Borderlife and the Religious Imagination; A Tour of the Border in San Diego; Spiritualities of Social Engagement; The Borderlands as a Call to Action; The Subversive Act of Breaking Bread; A Divided Friendship: Friendship Park; Vicissitudes of the Margins; Index; Index of Bible Passages.
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.
9780739178638 0739178636
Christianity and politics--California--San Diego.
Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christianisme et politique--Californie--San Diego.
Émigration et immigration--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Political Advocacy.
Christianity and politics
Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Christianity
California--San Diego
Electronic books.
BR516 .R343 2013
322.109794985