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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154729803321

Autore

Anderson Kathryn <1947->

Titolo

Weaving relationships : Canada-Guatemala solidarity / / Kathryn Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-280-92578-7

9786610925780

0-88920-897-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

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

Disciplina

261.8/328/0897415207281

Soggetti

Church work with refugees - Guatemala

Mayas - Crimes against - Guatemala

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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