Religion and Borders | Rowman & Littlefield
Religion and Borders
Our major current crises can be seen as consequences of conflicting interpretations of the meaning and purpose of borders and boundaries—racial, tribal, political, national, theological, religious, social, familial, sexual, gender, and psychological, among others. Who or what determines the borders and boundaries that define who we are and are not; that separates those who suffer and perish from those who flourish and survive. Religion, itself based on “holiness,” or separateness, plays a vital role—both as object and subject—in better understanding borders and boundaries, and perhaps offer ways of transcending them. Religion and Borders interrogates and reconceptualizes the nature and function of borders and the role that religion plays in enforcing or overturning barriers. This series welcomes different scholarly approaches that examine the connection between religion and borders/boundaries, broadly and creatively defined. Volumes in the series explore the methodological and theoretical dimensions of the discipline as well as engage with contemporary borderland issues and conflicts.



Editor(s): Alexander Y. Hwang, Holy Family University (alexander.y.hwang@gmail.com)
Staff editorial contact: Megan White (Megan.White@bloomsbury.com)