Weaving relationships : Canada-Guatemala solidarity / Kathryn Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Kathryn, 1947-

Contributor:

Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.

Series:

Comparative ethics series ; 7.

Comparative ethics series = Collection d'ethique comparee ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church work with refugees--Guatemala.

Church work with refugees.

Mayas--Crimes against--Guatemala.

Mayas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion = Corporation canadienne des sciences religeuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Weaving Relationships tells the remarkable, little-known story of a movement that transcends barriers of geography, language, culture, and economic disparity. The story begins in the early 1980s, when 200,000 Maya men, women, and children crossed the Guatemalan border into Mexico, fleeing genocide by the Guatemalan army and seeking refuge. A decade later, many of the refugees returned to their homeland along with 140 Canadians, members of ""Project Accompaniment"". The Canadians were there, by their side, to provide companionship and, more significantly, as an act of solida

Contents:

Contents; Prologue: Solidarity's Roots in a Refugee Camp; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Setting Solidarity in Context; II: Weaving Threads of Solidarity; III: A Tapestry with Many Forms; IV: The Spirituality of Solidarity and Its Challenges; Epilogue: Keeping Vigil for an Elusive Peace; Abbreviations; Research Participants; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-300) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610925780

9781280925788

1280925787

9780889208971

0889208972

OCLC:

753479451