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Sanctuary practices in international perspectives : migration, citizenship and social movements / edited by Randy K. Lippert and Sean Rehaag.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- GlassHouse book.
- A GlassHouse book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church work with refugees.
- Asylum, Right of--Religious aspects.
- Asylum, Right of.
- Sanctuary movement.
- Political refugees.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sanctuary Practices in Perspective examines the diverse, complex, and mutating practice of providing sanctuary to asylum-seekers. The ancient tradition of church sanctuary underwent a revival in the late 1970s. Christian churches began providing physical protection to migrants living without legal status and who were facing imminent deportation in church buildings and communities: first in the United Kingdom and then in the United States, Canada, and several other European countries. These practices arose amidst a dramatic increase in the number of asylum-seekers arriving in the West, and a
- Contents:
- pt. I. Sanctuary perspectives : historical, theological, legal, theoretical
- pt. II. Sanctuary movements and practices in the United States : old and new
- pt. III. Sanctuary movements and practices in Europe and Canada : international comparative and case studies
- pt. IV. Emergent realms : cities of sanctuary and military sanctuaries.
- Notes:
- "A GlassHouse book."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-47160-X
- 1-283-70898-1
- 0-203-12894-X
- 1-136-47161-8
- 9780203128947
- OCLC:
- 815383145
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