Empathy Beyond US Borders


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How do middle-class Americans become aware of distant social problems and act against them? US colleges congregations and seminaries increasingly promote immersion travel as a way to bridge global distance produce empathy and increase global awareness. But does it? Drawing from a mixed methods study of a progressive religious immersion travel organization at the US-Mexico border Empathy Beyond US Borders provides a broad sociological context for the rise of immersion travel as a form of transnational civic engagement. Gary J. Adler Jr follows alongside immersion travelers as they meet undocumented immigrants walk desert trails and witness deportations. His close observations combine with interviews and surveys to evaluate the potential of this civic action while developing theory about culture empathy and progressive religion in transnational civic life. This timely book describes the moralization of travel the organizational challenges of transnational engagement and the difficulty of feeling transformed but not knowing how to help.
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