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The Culture Of Protest Explores How Religious Activists And Central American Immigrants, By Protesting U.s. Refugee And Foreign Policy, Create Practices, Meanings, And Relationships That Are, Themselves, A Form Of Social Change. Viewing Change As An Ongoing, Incremental Process Reveals That The Sanctuary Movement's Reinterpretations Of Legal, Religious, And Social Practices Produce Cultural Forms That Enact Participants' Visions Of A More Just Social Order. Unlike Recent Studies That View U.s. Social Movements Primarily As Strategies For Achieving Political Objectives, This Book Analyzes What Goes On In The Midst Of Protest - The Conversions That Some North Americans Experience As They Come To Know Central American Reality, The Relationships That Form Between Refugees And Sanctuary Workers, The Jokes And Stories Told By Volunteers, And The Religious Rituals Devised By Participants. This Rich Ethnography Reveals Facets Of Change That Would Be Missed By Focusing Exclusively On Explicit Goals And Long-term Strategies. As They Assist Refugees, Sanctuary Workers Develop International Notions Of Citizenship, Create Ecumenical Interpretations Of Faith, Form Egalitarian Communities, And Cr

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Author

Coutin, Susan Bibler

Publisher

Boulder: Westview Press

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813315539

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Christian, Fiction

Rating

3.2 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13