Trails of Hope and TerrorMiguel De La Torre, the son of an undocumented immigrant and now a U. S. citizen and a professor of Christian ethics, seeks to develop a constructive conversation on immigration by examining significant issues and by presenting first person accounts of the experiences of immigration. De La Torre's goal is to initiate a civil conversation that can replace the politics of fear that now dominates discussions of immigration. Each of seven sections

"Through his deep humanity Francis of Assisi has become an archetype of the human ideal

Christianity with an Asian Face and In Our Own Tongues

"Builds on current debates about human nature

is Director of the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TASCC) in Washington

Through the advice of many scholars of Christian origins the selections here include texts that show students how Christianity developed and was lived in Asia

psychology

"The Tao of Liberation is a path-breaking book

"Terrence Rynne provides an extraordinarily sophisticated account of Gandhi's teaching

and was professor of Old Testament at St Peter’s Pontifical Institute in Bangalore

Linda Gupta

Troubling Biblical Waters provides critical resources for studying the Bible

Robert Ellsberg (Editor) is publisher of Orbis Books