TY - BOOK AU - Azaransky,Sarah AU - Espín,Orlando AU - Nanko-Fernández,Carmen M. AU - Carroll R.,M.Daniel AU - Machado,Daisy L. AU - Rios,Pedro AU - Maher,Monica A. AU - Wong,Craig AU - Fanestil,John AU - Montoya,Ángel F.Méndez TI - Religion and Politics in America's Borderlands SN - 9780739178638 (electronic bk.) AV - BR516 .R343 2013 U1 - 322.109794985 PY - 2013/// CY - Lanham PB - Lexington Books KW - Christianity and politics KW - California KW - San Diego KW - Church and state KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - About the Contributors; 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 N2 - 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.