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2. Liberalism, Religion, and the Dilemma of Immigrant Rights in American Political Culture
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
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PART I. Diverse Approaches to Faith and Social Justice for Immigrants
- 1. Religion and a Standpoint Theory of Immigrant Social Justice 3
- 2. Liberalism, Religion, and the Dilemma of Immigrant Rights in American Political Culture 16
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PART II. Religion, Civic Engagement, and Immigrant Politics
- 3. The Moral Minority: Race, Religion, and Conservative Politics in Asian America 35
- 4. Finding Places in the Nation: Immigrant and Indigenous Muslims in America 50
- 5. Faith-Based, Multiethnic Tenant Organizing: The Oak Park Story 59
- 6. Bringing Mexican Immigrants into American Faith-Based Social Justice and Civic Cultures 74
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PART III. Faith, Fear, and Fronteras: Challenges at the U.S.-Mexico Border
- 7. The Church vs. the State: Borders, Migrants, and Human Rights 93
- 8. Serving Christ in the Borderlands: Faith Workers Respond to Border Violence 104
- 9. Religious Reenactment on the Line: A Genealogy of Political Religious Hybridity 122
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PART IV. Faith-Based Nongovernmental Organizations
- 10. Welcoming the Stranger: Constructing an Interfaith Ethic of Refuge 141
- 11. The Catholic Church’s Institutional Responses to Immigration: From Supranational to Local Engagement 157
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PART V. Theology, Redemption, and Justice
- 12. Beyond Ethnic and National Imagination: Toward a Catholic Theology of U.S. Immigration 175
- 13. Caodai Exile and Redemption: A New Vietnamese Religion’s Struggle for Identity 191
- REFERENCES 210
- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 229
- INDEX 231
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
-
PART I. Diverse Approaches to Faith and Social Justice for Immigrants
- 1. Religion and a Standpoint Theory of Immigrant Social Justice 3
- 2. Liberalism, Religion, and the Dilemma of Immigrant Rights in American Political Culture 16
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PART II. Religion, Civic Engagement, and Immigrant Politics
- 3. The Moral Minority: Race, Religion, and Conservative Politics in Asian America 35
- 4. Finding Places in the Nation: Immigrant and Indigenous Muslims in America 50
- 5. Faith-Based, Multiethnic Tenant Organizing: The Oak Park Story 59
- 6. Bringing Mexican Immigrants into American Faith-Based Social Justice and Civic Cultures 74
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PART III. Faith, Fear, and Fronteras: Challenges at the U.S.-Mexico Border
- 7. The Church vs. the State: Borders, Migrants, and Human Rights 93
- 8. Serving Christ in the Borderlands: Faith Workers Respond to Border Violence 104
- 9. Religious Reenactment on the Line: A Genealogy of Political Religious Hybridity 122
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PART IV. Faith-Based Nongovernmental Organizations
- 10. Welcoming the Stranger: Constructing an Interfaith Ethic of Refuge 141
- 11. The Catholic Church’s Institutional Responses to Immigration: From Supranational to Local Engagement 157
-
PART V. Theology, Redemption, and Justice
- 12. Beyond Ethnic and National Imagination: Toward a Catholic Theology of U.S. Immigration 175
- 13. Caodai Exile and Redemption: A New Vietnamese Religion’s Struggle for Identity 191
- REFERENCES 210
- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 229
- INDEX 231