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Title Religion and Politics in America's Borderlands / edited by Sarah Azaransky
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (206 pages)
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes About the Contributors
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Subject Christianity and politics -- California -- San Diego
Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
Christianity and politics
Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
California -- San Diego
Form Electronic book
Author Azaransky, Sarah.
Espín, Orlando O.
Nanko-Fernández, Carmen.
Carroll R., M. Daniel.
Machado, Daisy L.
Rios, Pedro
Maher, Monica A
Wong, Craig
Fanestil, John
Méndez Montoya, Ángel F
ISBN 9780739178638
0739178636