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1 online resource (xiv, 251 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index. |
| Contents |
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? |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion and state -- United States.
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Religion and state. |
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United States. |
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Faith-based human services -- United States.
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Faith-based human services. |
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects.
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Social justice -- Religious aspects.
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Religion and justice.
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Social justice -- Religious aspects. |
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RELIGION -- Sexuality & Gender Studies. |
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Religion and justice. |
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General. |
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Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: God's heart has no borders Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. 9780520257245 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2007046953 |
| ISBN |
9780520942448 ebook |
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0520942442 |
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9780520257245 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520257243 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780520257252 paperback alkaline paper |
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0520257251 paperback alkaline paper |
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