Elizabeth Shakman Hurd is professor of political science and religious studies at Northwestern University. Her books include Beyond Religious Freedom: The New Global Politics of Religion and Politics of Religious Freedom, the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press.

• Introduction: Where People Come to Press Close to the Other SideChapter 1. Creating: The Liturgy of AsylumInterlude I. Border/lessChapter 2. Enforcing: National SecurityInterlude II. Unbordered: Land without LawChapter 3. Suspending: AmericaIsraelInterlude III. CrossingChapter 4. Refusing: Holy Death in the BorderlandsInterlude IV. Walking: Pilgrimage to MagdalenaConclusion: The Ideal BorderAcknowledgmentsSourcesIndex

“Hurd deftly shows how contemporary U.S. border politics are permeated with religious meaning.”

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd is professor of political science and religious studies at Northwestern University. Her books include Beyond Religious Freedom: The New Global Politics of Religion and Politics of Religious Freedom, the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press.

• Introduction: Where People Come to Press Close to the Other SideChapter 1. Creating: The Liturgy of AsylumInterlude I. Border/lessChapter 2. Enforcing: National SecurityInterlude II. Unbordered: Land without LawChapter 3. Suspending: AmericaIsraelInterlude III. CrossingChapter 4. Refusing: Holy Death in the BorderlandsInterlude IV. Walking: Pilgrimage to MagdalenaConclusion: The Ideal BorderAcknowledgmentsSourcesIndex

“Hurd deftly shows how contemporary U.S. border politics are permeated with religious meaning.”

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd is professor of political science and religious studies at Northwestern University. Her books include Beyond Religious Freedom: The New Global Politics of Religion and Politics of Religious Freedom, the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press.

• Introduction: Where People Come to Press Close to the Other SideChapter 1. Creating: The Liturgy of AsylumInterlude I. Border/lessChapter 2. Enforcing: National SecurityInterlude II. Unbordered: Land without LawChapter 3. Suspending: AmericaIsraelInterlude III. CrossingChapter 4. Refusing: Holy Death in the BorderlandsInterlude IV. Walking: Pilgrimage to MagdalenaConclusion: The Ideal BorderAcknowledgmentsSourcesIndex

“Hurd deftly shows how contemporary U.S. border politics are permeated with religious meaning.”