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Religion and Social Justice for Immigrants (Paperback)
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"Religion and Social Justice for Immigrants captures the
fascinating diversity of faith-based resistance around U.S.
immigration issues. While much attention is given to the
destructive aspects of fundamentalism, this book reveals that other
religious groups are working constructively and tenaciously for the
rights of those who are marginalized and mistreated."-Sharon
Erickson Nepstad, author of Convictions of the Soul: Religion,
Culture, and Agency in the Central America Solidarity Movement
"This timely volume is the first social science analysis to focus
on the influence of religion on social justice issues for
immigrants."-Helen Rose Ebaugh, coauthor of Religion and the New
Immigrants Religion has jumped into the sphere of global and
domestic politics in ways that few would have imagined a century
ago. Some expected that religion would die as modernity flourished.
Instead, it now stares at us almost daily from the front pages of
newspapers and television broadcasts. Although it is usually
stories about the Christian Right or conservative Islam that grab
headlines, there are many religious activists of other political
persuasions that are working quietly for social justice. This book
examines how religious immigrants and religious activists are
working for equitable treatment for immigrants in the United
States. The essays in this book analyze the different ways in which
organized religion provides immigrants with an arena for
mobilization, civic participation, and solidarity. Contributors
explore topics including how non-Western religious groups such as
the Vietnamese Caodai are striving for community recognition and
addressing problems such as racism, economic issues, and the
politics of diaspora; how interfaith groups organize religious
people into immigrant civil rights activists at the U.S.-Mexican
border; and how Catholic groups advocate governmental legislation
and policies on behalf of refugees. Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo is a
professor in the department of sociology at the University of
Southern California in Los Angeles.
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