Ananda Rose

Showdown in the Sonoran Desert (eBook, PDF)

Religion, Law, and the Immigration Controversy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers reflections on a daunting and controversial ethical question: How should we treat the strangers who enter this country illegally? To understand the experience of those directly confronted by this problem, Ananda Rose traveled to the Sonoran desert at the border between the U.S. and Mexico. There she gathered opinions from Minutemen, Border Patrol agents, Catholic nuns, humanitarian air workers, left-wing protestors, ranchers, and other ordinary citizens in southern Arizona. She depicts the results of these interviews as two starkly opposed ideological perspectives: that of religious activists who embrace a biblically-inspired model of hospitality that stresses love of strangers and a "borderless" compassion; and that of law enforcement, which is concerned with safety, security, and strict respect for international borders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199890941
• Artikelnr.: 38138817

Autorenporträt

Ananda Rose is a published poet and journalist. She recently received her Ph.D. from Harvard Divinity School.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction. The Immigration Controversy: Religion and Law in
Collision
* Part I. God In The Desert: Migrant Deaths and the Rise of Border
Ministries
* 1. A Window Into The Crisis: Three Nuns and a Soup Kitchen
* 2. Sanctuary Old And New: The Biblical Tradition of Radical
Hospitality
* 3. A Theology of Water: Humane Borders and the Reverend Robin Hoover
* 4. Transcending Borders: No More Deaths and a Higher Moral Law
* 5. Postscript: Riding with the Samaritans
* Part II. Law in the Desert: Security, Sovereignty and the Natural
Rights of the State
* 6. Fencing Arizona: Meditations On A Wall
* 7. Invasions, Floods, and Barbarians: What's to be Afraid of?
* 8. Senate Bill-1070: Wagers of Love and Fear at the Border
* 9. Postscript: What Would Jesus do?
* Conclusion. And The Deaths Go On...