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God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants

God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants

God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants

Watch a discussion about the power of faith to drive resistance to anti-immigration policies in the United States. This event was hosted by the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture on March 18, 2024.

Manuel Pastor, director of USC’s Equity Research Institute, moderated an online discussion with the authors of God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants (NYU Press, 2023). The book chronicles the work of faith-based activists in Southern California who have mobilized to counter the effects of mass detention and deportation. Authors Brad Christerson, Rev. Dr. Alexia Salvatierra and Nancy Wang Yuen discussed effective strategies, challenges and triumphs of faith actors’ work on behalf of immigrants.

Book: God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants (NYU Press, 2023) by Brad Christerson, Alexia Salvatierra, Robert Chao Romero, and Nancy Wang Yuen.

This event was co-sponsored by the USC Equity Research Institute, the USC School of Religion, and the Institute for Advance Catholic Studies at USC.