God's heart has no borders: how religious activists are working for immigrant rights
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1. Verfasser: Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley University of California Press ©2008
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index
Welcoming the alien? -- Redeeming citizens. Muslim American immigrants after 9/11 : the struggle for civil rights ; The moderate mainstream -- Worker justice. Take your Good Friday to the streets! ; Faith in the union -- Faith sin fronteras. Enacting Christian antiborderism ; Jesus would stand at the border and would not accept it ; Religious rule or religious voices?
In this timely and compelling account of the contribution to immigrant rights made by religious activists in post-1965 and post-9/11 America, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo provides a comprehensive, close-up view of how Muslim, Christian, and Jewish groups are working to counter xenophobia. Against the hysteria prevalent in today's media, in which immigrants are often painted as a drain on the public coffers, inherently unassimilable, or an outright threat to national security, Hondagneu-Sotelo finds the intersection between migration and religion and calls attention to quieter voices, those dedic
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 251 pages)
ISBN:0520942442
9780520942448

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