God's Heart Has No Borders How Religious Activists Are Working for Immigrant Rights

Name: God's Heart Has No Borders How Religious Activists Are Working for Immigrant Rights
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ISBN: 9780520257252

ISBN-10: 0520257251

ISBN-13: 9780520257252

Edition: 2008

Authors: Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo

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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 dedicated to securing the human dignity of newcomers. Based on years of fieldwork conducted in…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 9/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments



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?



Research Methods


Notes


References


List of Interviews


Index