The US Borderlands: Theology & Context - CH 254

The US Borderlands: Theology & Context - CH 254 Union Theological Seminary
May 2014 - Immersion Class Church.

The U.S./Mexico border is approximately 2,000 miles long and it is the only border in the world between a first world nation and a developing nation. Tejana activist and writer Gloria Anzaldúa has described it as the place “where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds.”

This course/immersion will examine the multi-layered realities of this border and how these realities make themselv

es felt in the Spanish-speaking communities that inhabit both northern and southern boundaries. Students will encounter firsthand what some of these realities look like, will reflect upon their impact on the borderlands people, and will have the opportunity to meet with scholars, activists, and church leaders who are responding to these realities through their own activism, their scholarship, and their congregational work. Some of the issues that will be examined include the history of the Texas/US border, the historical imagination, immigration, nationhood and citizenship, globalization and the maquiladora industry, gender and poverty, ethical and religious concerns for the U.S.

05/21/2014

A warm Borderlands Welcome!

As we embark upon our immersion course, a special word of welcome to our participants. Students from Union Theological Seminary: Daniel Aguilar, Keith Connor, Shamika Goddard, Sindy García Morales, Joseph Puma, Anne Marie Roderick, Blanca Rodríguez, and Atticus Zavaletta; and our Norwegian friends from the University of Oslo, Lil Tone Grahl-Jacobsen, Torbjørn Brox Webber, Charles Justine Tiram, Elizabeth Elias Silayo, and Kaia Dorothea Schultz Rønsdal.

¡Bienvenidos!

05/06/2014

Welcome to the CH 254 Border Class page. We hope to share with you our experiences, our learnings, our hopes and frustrations, as we engage the people of the South Texas and Northern Mexico borderlands. Come, and journey with us!

http://youtu.be/-qMsTwIYUzM
04/28/2014

http://youtu.be/-qMsTwIYUzM

Rev. Dr. Daisy Machado speaks about our unjust immigration system at a vigil outside of Willacy County Detention Center (Texas).

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