A Christian theological interpretation of the border reality is a neglected area of immigration study. The foremost contribution of "A Promised Land, A Perilous Journey" is its focus on the theological dimension of migration, beginning with the humanity of the immigrant, a child of God and a bearer [...]

"Since the 1973 publication of Gustavo Gutierrez's groundbreaking work A Theology of Liberation, liberation theology's central premise of the preferential option for the poor has become one of the most important yet controversial theological themes of the twentieth century. As the situation for many[...]