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Sanctuary in America how activists defied the government and defended immigrants--and why it still matters

"As historians of immigration, social movements, and religion, we wondered what would become of sanctuary in a second Trump presidency, and whether its historical challenge to state power would still have resonance among Americans. The breakneck escalation of policies targeting immigrants, asylum se...

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Main Authors: Barba, Lloyd Daniel (Author), González, Sergio M., 1987- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]
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Sanctuary movement > History > 20th century.
Sanctuary movement > History > 21st century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Religious aspects.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
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Summary:"As historians of immigration, social movements, and religion, we wondered what would become of sanctuary in a second Trump presidency, and whether its historical challenge to state power would still have resonance among Americans. The breakneck escalation of policies targeting immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in the administration's first year answered that question with sobering clarity. As requests for historical context and public commentary mounted month after month, it became clear that sanctuary's story was not finished. This book is our effort to situate the present crisis within a longer history of faith, resistance, and the stubborn insistence that welcoming the stranger remains both a moral mandate and a political act. Many hands went into making this book possible. The genesis of this project owes to the genius of Brad Onishi, consummate commentator on all things politics and religion. Along with Kari Onishi and Scott Okamoto, the production team at Axis Mundi Media, Brad offered us the opportunity to try out some of our ideas behind the mic in early 2024; the result was a limited-edition podcast series, Sanctuary: On the Border Between Church and State, which served as an inspiration for this book's narrative arc. As fellows of the Public Religion Research Institute, we benefited from the training for public scholarship and support of the staff as well as our fellow "Immigration Pod" member Anita Huizar-Hernandez"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:x, 228 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197855973
0197855970
Author Notes:Lloyd D. Barba is Assistant Professor of Religion in the Americas and Core Faculty in Latinx and Latin American Studies at Amherst College. His ongoing research on the Sanctuary Movement brings together questions from religious history and immigration studies to understand the context of social activism and politics. Barba is the author of Sowing the Sacred: Mexican Pentecostal Farmworkers in California (OUP, 2022), which won the 2024 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award and the 2024 Pneuma Book Award for Best Book in the Study of Pentecostalism. He is also editor of Latin American and US Latino Religions in North America: An Introduction (2024) and co-editor of Oneness Pentecostalism: Race, Gender, and Culture (with Andrea Shan Johnson and Daniel Ramírez, 2023).Sergio M. González is Associate Professor of History at Marquette University. A historian of twentieth-century U.S. migration, labor, and religion, his scholarship explores the intersections between faith and social movements as well as the development of Latino communities in the U.S. Midwest. González is the author of Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin (2024) and Mexicans in Wisconsin (2017) and co-editor of Faith and Power: Latino Religious Politics Since 1945 (with Felipe Hinojosa and Maggie Elmore, 2022).

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