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Outskirts is an edited volume from sociology scholars that addresses the complexity of the queer experience in diverse spaces, places, and identities in the United States"--

Explores questions of masculinity, privilege, and identity to explain why some men become feminists while others become men¿s rights activists In the evolving landscape of gender activism in the United States, it is intriguing that four-in-ten American men now identify as feminists. Despite this seemingly positive shift, gender inequality remains deeply rooted in the US. Good Guys, Bad Guys delves into this paradox, unraveling the complexities...

Reveals the presence of an informal system of valuable support and care for marginalized migrants The United States' health care system not only consists of a formal safety net, but also an informal and disjointed network of organizations that offer basic care to millions of migrants. This "Third Net" provides free or low-cost health care for the undocumented, low-income, and uninsured migrants who are excluded from the formal system. This gro...

Explores ways faith communities offer protection and services for Latina/o communities The New Sanctuary Movement is a network of faith-based organizations committed to offering safe haven to those in danger, often in churches, often outside the law, and often at risk to themselves. The practice of sanctuary, with its capacity to provide safety, shelter, and protection to society's most vulnerable, gained significant prominence after the 2016 ...

Shows how the criminalization of people of color serves a religious purpose Most popular critical accounts of mass criminalization interpret police and prisons as solely social and political phenomena. While such accounts have been indispensable in moving millions into collective action and resistance, the carceral state remains as pervasive as ever. White Property, Black Trespass argues that understanding why we have police and prisons, and b...

A look at the labor trans and gender-nonconforming youth perform in high school as they navigate their relationships with teachers, peers, the curriculum, and policy in order to create other, queerer worlds in which to exist"--

Examines Black Americans¿ suspicion about the potential political harassment of Black elected officials In Marked Men, Nyron N. Crawford offers a novel perspective on political scandal, corruption, and racial politics in the United States. Contrary to traditional beliefs that politicians are forgiven for their transgressions because of the benefits they provide their constituents, Crawford argues that Black Americans view political misdeeds by...

There is more to Irish than St. Patrick's Day and Guinness. The word Irish conjures an array of images, each with a long history. Who defined Irish? In the twentieth century Ireland, the United States, and Irish America were all invested in representation. Exerting or losing control of an ethnic image had ramifications on both sides of the Atlantic"--

A compelling exploration of materiality and semiotics in Latinx inscriptions Writers and artists from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Latinx New York operate under the pressures of inscription: the material and semiotic entanglement of making a mark as a marked artist. By employing layered material tropes and figures, such as stone, dust, viscera, and animality, their works do not represent a singular Latinx experience and instead, must be read at the ...

Highlights how millennial Jewish stars symbolize national politics in US media Jewish stars have longed faced pressure to downplay Jewish identity for fear of alienating wider audiences. But unexpectedly, since the 2000s, many millennial Jewish stars have won stellar success while spotlighting (rather than muting) Jewish identity. In Millennial Jewish Stars, Jonathan Branfman asks: what makes these explicitly Jewish stars so unexpectedly appe...

Though many see religion and race as separate public school issues, Ribovich reframes religion's role in twentieth-century American public education by using New York City as a window into how religion undergirded school policies and practices on race before and after school prayer and Bible-reading became unconstitutional"--

Walk the Line explores an ambitious and underexplored highway leading us often to astonishing routes in the journey to God. These top-notch theologians lend their vast experience by interrogating the wonderful bridge that joins rock music and its spiritual undercurrents. Fr. Christian has gathered an eclectic collection which maps connections as fascinating as Dylan and the Donatists one the one hand and Leonard Cohen and pneumatology on the o...

Paradise '49" is the name given to a period of special illumination Chiara Lubich experienced during the summer of 1949 and in the immediate years after that. This experience has become the vibrant heritage of the Focolare Movement that she founded, and it continues to inspire many people today. What Is Unity? addresses one of the central themes of her charism, indeed, the very heart of it: Unity. Since unity is what characterizes the Focolare...

The Focolare Essentials are classic books that communicate the charism of the Focolare Movement for a new generation hungry for unity. Each book offers essential teachings for those interested in learning more about the Focolare Movement as well as for those who have known the movement for many years.

When ignoring her intuition resulted in fearing for her life at the edge of Niagara Falls, award-winning Silicon Valley CEO and entrepreneur Hilary DeCesare was shocked into realizing she needed a deep reassessment of who she was and why. The answers surfaced where she least expected-her late mother. In RELAUNCH! Spark Your Heart to Ignite Your Life, Hilary immerses the reader in the world of neuroscience, to uncover a powerful secret that we ...

Reveals biases within scientific PhD training programs against emerging scientists who embrace a religious faith and the ramifications for science Science is often viewed as antithetical to religion, and it is true that scientists, particularly those who work at universities, are generally much less religious than the average American adult. So what is it like to be a religious individual pursuing an advanced education and career in science? ...

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A collection of poems about nature and power To Ibn al-Mütazz and his Abbasid contemporaries, the hunt was more than a diversion¿it was the theater for their poetic and political endeavors, captured here in fifty-nine Arabic hunting poems, or ¿ardiyy¿t. The poems of In Deadly Embrace describe hunting expeditions with animals trained to hunt, including saluki hounds and birds of prey. Many were composed after these outings, when the hunting par...