
From Outlaw to In-Law
How Multicultural Interfaith Couples Can Become Agents for Social Change
- 190 pages
- English
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From Outlaw to In-Law
How Multicultural Interfaith Couples Can Become Agents for Social Change
About this book
Multicultural interfaith couples face challenges that span race, religion, culture, caste, and nationality. During times of conflict, they learn new skills and may become leaders for social change and peacemakers in their families. The up-close and personal stories of eight couples show how intersectionality generates resilience, insight, and skills for leadership relevant to bridging our cultural wars today. In this book we experience the challenges couples face, such as institutional resistance in our Catholic/Jewish couple Maria and Adam from Costa Rica and family conflict in our UU-Buddhist/Hindu couple Colleen and Shiva from Texas. Tanya Sadagopan weaves personal stories from her own multicultural interfaith relationship with her Hindu husband Sriram into From Outlaw to In-law. We hear from interfaith couples from around the world who navigate complex identities and become agents for social justice in their everyday lives. From Outlaw to In-law provides families, counseling professionals, and religious leaders with insights, tools, and suggestions on how to transform fear of the religious other into curiosity to form deeper relationships that bear the fruits of social change and advocacy.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- An Introduction
- Chapter 1: When Love Leads to Justice
- Chapter 2: When We Feel Threatened
- Chapter 3: Disapproval and Conflict
- Chapter 4: Generational Conflict
- Chapter 5: Intersectionality
- Chapter 6: Dignity and Worth
- Chapter 7: Identity and Belonging
- Chapter 8: Expanding Identities and Double Belonging
- Chapter 9: Standing Up for Love
- Chapter 10: Remaking Rituals
- Chapter 11: The History of Us versus Them
- Chapter 12: Leaders for Change, Movements for Justice
- Chapter 13: Seeking Justice for Others
- Chapter 14: Reimagining Faith and God
- Chapter 15: Talking about Faith, Activism, and the Religious Other
- Chapter 16: Newfound Leadership Skills
- Chapter 17: Seeing Interfaith Leaders in Scripture
- Chapter 18: Love, Dignity, Equity, and Duty
- Chapter 19: Calling for Allies
- Chapter 20: Advice for Couples and Families
- Appendix A: Photos of Multicultural Interfaith Couples
- Appendix B: Qualitative Interview Summary Topics
- Appendix C: Survey Questions on Interfaith Religious Engagement
- Appendix D: Questions on Tension and Conflict
- Appendix E: Questions on Social Change Agency
- Appendix F: Eight Couples Selected for In-Depth Interviews
- Glossary of Terms
- Bibliography