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. These authors demonstrate the groundbreaking claim that the borderlands are not only a location to think about religiously, but they're also a place that reshapes religious thinking. In this pioneering book, scholars and activists engage with Scripture, theology, history, church practices, and personal experiences to offer in-depth analyses of how the borderlands confront conventional interpretations of Christianity.
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. These authors demonstrate the groundbreaking claim that the borderlands are not only a location to think about religiously, but they're also a place that reshapes religious thinking. In this pioneering book, scholars and activists engage with Scripture, theology, history, church practices, and personal experiences to offer in-depth analyses of how the borderlands confront conventional interpretations of Christianity.
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
Sarah Azaransky teaches in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. She is author of The Dream is Freedom: Pauli Murray and American Democratic Faith (Oxford, 2011).
This pioneering book offers an in-depth analysis of the ways the
borderlands confront Christianity. Every page insists that
immigration and the borderlands must be at center of the study of
Christianity. The arguments are new and important. Simply put, it
is a landmark volume.
*Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Boston College*
Religion and Politics in America’s Borderlands is a passionate
and original collection of essays that explores the complex ways in
which life in the Mexico-US borderlands and religious practices,
commitments and theologies are affecting each other today. Written
by a diverse set of scholar-activists, this book offers new
insights into the experiences and political realities that
constitute immigration, and also provides practical tips for
talking about them. This is an engaging, accessible and eye-opening
volume that will be a valuable resource for professors, students
and pastors alike.
*Susanna Snyder, University of Texas at Austin*
This powerful collection of essays not only speaks about the
movement of peoples across borders but also the movement to a new
way of thinking about migration. Writing from the crossroads
of church, society, and culture, these engaged scholars present
fresh insights into the human challenges at the border and the
interplay of sovereign rights and human rights, natural law and
civil law, and citizenship and discipleship.
*Daniel Groody, University of Notre Dame*
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