Empathy Beyond US Borders

The Challenges of Transnational Civic Engagement

AvGary J. Adler, Jr

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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How do middle-class Americans become aware of distant social problems and act against them? US colleges, congregations, and seminaries increasingly promote immersion travel as a way to bridge global distance, produce empathy, and increase global awareness. But does it? Drawing from a mixed methods study of a progressive, religious immersion travel organization at the US-Mexico border, Empathy Beyond US Borders provides a broad sociological context for the rise of immersion travel as a form of transnational civic engagement. Gary J. Adler, Jr follows alongside immersion travelers as they meet undocumented immigrants, walk desert trails, and witness deportations. His close observations combine with interviews and surveys to evaluate the potential of this civic action, while developing theory about culture, empathy, and progressive religion in transnational civic life. This timely book describes the moralization of travel, the organizational challenges of transnational engagement, and the difficulty of feeling transformed but not knowing how to help.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-05-02
Mått:156 x 235 x 22 mm
Vikt:570 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics
Antal sidor:314
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108474566

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Gary J. Adler, Jr is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University. His research on culture, civic organizations, and religion has been published in numerous journals, including Social Problems, the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and Social Science and Medicine. He is the editor of Secularism, Catholicism, and the Future of Public Life (2015) and co-editor of American Parishes: Remaking Local Catholicism (forthcoming).

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'Written beautifully and with heart, yet rigorously analytical, Adler's book uncovers the destabilizing and transformative complexity of human connection across political borders and, in the process, quietly but firmly dismantles the folly of wall-building delusions.' Peter Stamatov, Santander Endowed Chair Carlos III-Juan March Institute for the Social Sciences and New York University Abu Dhabi

Innehållsförteckning

1. From distance to concern; Part I. Organizational Roots and Dilemmas: 2. At the border between education and action; 3. The problems of finding truth through travel; Part II. Activities, Emotions, and Empathy: 4. What immersion travelers feel all day; 5. Why it's better to walk than talk; Part III. Patterns of Experience and Transformation: 6. Guided unsettledness: how groups safely shape travel; 7. What changes and why?; 8. The possibilities and problems of immersion travel; Methodological appendix; Bibliography; Index.