Cover; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Transnational Religious Communities and the Making of US Foreign Policy; CHAPTER 2 Ours: Martyrdom in El Salvador, Mobilization in the United States; CHAPTER 3 The People: On Mission from Nicaragua to the United States; CHAPTER 4 Hospitality: A Covenant between Mexico and Vermont; CHAPTER 5 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Many Catholic priests, nuns, and brothers in the United States take a strong interest in US policies that affect their "brothers and sisters" abroad. In fact, when the policies of their native government pose significant dangers to their people internationally, these US citizens engage actively in a variety of political processes in order to protect and advance the interests of the transnational religious communities to which they belong. In this provocative examination of the place of religion in world politics, Timothy A. Byrnes focuses on three Catholic communities -- Jesuit, Mary
