Religion and Politics in America's Borderlands
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, Ángel F. Méndez Montoya Edited by Sarah Azaransky
Publication date:
06 June 2013Length of book:
204 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9780739178621
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.
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.