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Book Synopsis★ Publishers Weekly starred review "A top-notch Christian look at immigration, humane and full of heart."--Publishers Weekly Many American Christians have good intentions, working hard to welcome immigrants with hospitality and solidarity. But how can we do that in a way that empowers our immigrant neighbors rather than pushing them to the fringes of white-dominant culture and keeping them as outsiders? That's exactly the question Karen González explores in Beyond Welcome. A Guatemalan immigrant, González draws from the Bible and her own experiences to examine why the traditional approach to immigration ministries and activism is at best incomplete and at worst harmful. By advocating for putting immigrants in the center of the conversation, González helps readers grow in discipleship and recognize themselves in their immigrant neighbors. Accessible to any Christian who is called to serve immigrants, this book equips readers to take action to dismantle white supremacy and xenophobia in the church. They will emerge with new insight into our shared humanity and need for belonging and liberation.Table of ContentsContentsIntroductionPart 1: Words and Myths1. Strangers in a Strange Land: The Myth of Assimilation2. The Scarlet Cord and the Myth of the Good Immigrant3. Russian for Beginners: Words MatterPart 2: The Bible and Belonging4. Reading the Bible: Interpretations Have Consequences5. Mi Casa Es Su Casa: The Hospitality of Jesus6. The Land before (Western) Time: A Theology of BelongingPart 3: Dignity and Departures7. Departures: People on the Move8. Ethical Storytelling: Disrupting the Narrative9. The Kin-dom Where Everyone Belongs

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Book SynopsisLinks avant-garde performance practices with religious histories in the United States, setting contemporary performances of endurance art within a broader context of prophetic religious discourse in the United States. Its focus is on the work of Ron Athey, Linda Montano, and John Duncan, US-based artists whose performances involve extended periods of suffering.Trade Review“The author’s engagement with the actual performances through anintense immersion in archival material, primary sources, interviews withthe artists, and a broad and sustained engagement with the contextand historical circumstances of this work make this book particularlycompelling, and her attempt to counter the academic mistrust offundamentalism and embrace of secularism is laudable. Equallysignificant is her engagement with the relationship between ecstaticreligions, ethical actions, moral imperatives, and the history of religiousrevivalism and reform in the U.S.” - Jennie Klein, Ohio University

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Book SynopsisLinks avant-garde performance practices with religious histories in the United States, setting contemporary performances of endurance art within a broader context of prophetic religious discourse in the United States. Its focus is on the work of Ron Athey, Linda Montano, and John Duncan, US-based artists whose performances involve extended periods of suffering.Trade Review“The author’s engagement with the actual performances through anintense immersion in archival material, primary sources, interviews withthe artists, and a broad and sustained engagement with the contextand historical circumstances of this work make this book particularlycompelling, and her attempt to counter the academic mistrust offundamentalism and embrace of secularism is laudable. Equallysignificant is her engagement with the relationship between ecstaticreligions, ethical actions, moral imperatives, and the history of religiousrevivalism and reform in the U.S.” - Jennie Klein, Ohio University

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