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Heaven Has a Wall: Religion, Borders, and the Global United States

By (author) Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

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An urgent exploration of borders as sacred objects in American culture.   Our national conversation about the border has taken a religious turn. When televangelists declare, “Heaven has a wall,” activists shout back, “Jesus was a refugee.” For Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, the standoff makes explicit a longstanding truth: borders are religious as well as political objects. In this book, Hurd argues that Americans share a bipartisan border religion, complete with an array of beliefs and practices, including a reverence for national security, a liturgy for immigration, and an eschatological foreign policy. Through an analysis of the many ways the United States creates, enforces, and ignores borders at home and abroad, Hurd offers a bold new perspective on the ties that bind American religion, politics, and public life.

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Publisher | The University of Chicago Press
Published date | 5 Jun 2025
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 192
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 313g
ISBN | 978-0-2268-4120-5
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BISAC | religion / general


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