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Autore: |
Anderson Kathryn <1947->
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Titolo: |
Weaving relationships : Canada-Guatemala solidarity / / Kathryn Anderson
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Pubblicazione: | Waterloo, Ont., : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion = Corporation canadienne des sciences religeuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2003 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
Disciplina: | 261.8/328/0897415207281 |
Soggetto topico: | Church work with refugees - Guatemala |
Mayas - Crimes against - Guatemala | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Weaving Relationships ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-280-92578-7 |
9786610925780 | |
0-88920-897-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910154729803321 |
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