Religion and Politics in America's Borderlands

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.

• Introduction: The Border and the BorderlandsSarah AzaranskyPart I: The Borderlands as a Religious ResourceChapter One: Immigration and Christian DoctrineOrlando Espín Chapter Two: Alternately Documented Theologies: Mapping Border, Exile, and DiasporaCarmen M. Nanko-FernándezChapter Three: How to Shape Christian Perspectives on Immigration?: Strategies for Communicating Biblical TeachingM. Daniel Carroll R. Part II: The Borderlands as a Political and Religious RealityChapter Four: Borderlife and the Religious ImaginationDaisy L. MachadoChapter Five: A Tour of the Border in San Diego: Militarization of the Line and Criminalization of ImmigrantsPedro RiosChapter Six: Spiritualities of Social Engagement: Women Resisting Violence in Mexico and HondurasMonica A. MaherPart III: The Borderlands as a Call to ActionChapter Seven: The Subversive Act of Breaking Break: How the Eucharist Transforms the Immigration ConversationCraig WongChapter Eight: A Divided Friendship: The Struggle to Save San Diego’s Historic Border ParkJohn Fanestil Chapter Nine: Vicissitudes of the Margins: An HIV/AIDS Theological JourneyÁngel F. Méndez Montoya