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1 online resource (345 pages). |
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Comparative Ethics
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Comparative ethics series.
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Summary |
Weaving Relationships tells the remarkable, little-known story of a movement that transcends barriers of geography, language, culture, and economic disparity. The story begins in the early 1980s, when 200,000 Maya men, women, and children crossed the Guatemalan border into Mexico, fleeing genocide by the Guatemalan army and seeking refuge. A decade later, many of the refugees returned to their homeland along with 140 Canadians, members of "Project Accompaniment". The Canadians were there, by their side, to provide companionship and, more significantly, as an act of solidarity. Weaving Rel. |
Contents |
Prologue: Solidarity's Roots in a Refugee Camp; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Setting Solidarity in Context; II: Weaving Threads of Solidarity; III: A Tapestry with Many Forms; IV: The Spirituality of Solidarity and Its Challenges; Epilogue: Keeping Vigil for an Elusive Peace; Abbreviations; Research Participants; Bibliography; Index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Church work with refugees -- Guatemala.
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Church work with refugees. |
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Guatemala. |
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Mayas -- Crimes against -- Guatemala.
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Mayas -- Crimes against. |
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Mayas. |
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Mayas -- Crimes against.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Anderson, Kathryn. Weaving Relationships : Canada-Guatemala Solidarity. Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2006 9780889204287 |
ISBN |
9780889208971 (electronic book) |
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0889208972 (electronic book) |
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