Engaged Spirituality: Stories of Religious Resilience, Inspiration and Pursuing the Common Good
Edited by Ken Chitwood (Bloomsbury, 2026) Read More
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“We Save Us” – 2025 Trends to Watch in Religion and Society
CRCC 2025 trends focus on the wildfires affecting Los Angeles County and what will be a multi-year recovery effort. Across the various issues, a central theme emerged: Solidarity. Read More
God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants
Watch a discussion about the power of faith to drive resistance to anti-immigration policies in the United States. Manuel Pastor, director of USC’s Equity Research Institute, moderated an online discussion with the authors of God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants (NYU Press, 2023). Read More
Anti-immigrant pastors may be drawing attention – but faith leaders, including some evangelicals, are central to the movement to protect migrant rights
Despite media attention to anti-immigration Christian groups, faith leaders and faith-based organizations have played a central role in movements for immigrant rights. Read More
Fouzia Azizi: A Helping Hand for Afghan Refugees
For Fouzia Azizi, long gone are the difficult days as a struggling refugee. But memories of hardship and discrimination remain, fueling a passion to help others. Read More
Sister Networks Building Hope at the US/Mexico Border
Catholic sisters are working together across congregations and across the US/Mexico border to better serve people in need of housing, food, health care and immigration services. This video highlights the work of the Sisters Migrant Network for Economic Empowerment and the Sisters Border Network. Read More
Sonia Tinoco García: Responding to Muslim Asylum Seekers at the US-Mexico Border
Tijuana has long been a hub for migrants. Hundreds of thousands arrive there annually before trying to cross the border into the U.S. There are no publicly available statistics on the number of Muslims among them, but Hamza is far from the only one. Read More
Layli Miller Muro: Protecting the Rights of Migrants
As a lawyer and a member of the Baha’i faith, Layli Miller-Muro believes the pursuit of justice is a divine calling. When she was in law school in 1996, Miller-Muro successfully helped represent a young woman from Togo who was seeking asylum in the United States to avoid female genital mutilation and a forced polygamous marriage. The case ultimately changed US law to include gender-based persecution in the grounds for asylum. Read More
Holistic Resilience: Why Some Spiritual Exemplars Question Suffering as a Path to Resilience
The work of holistically resilient spiritual exemplars shows that it is possible to give equal and simultaneous attention to individuals, communities and the wider systems in which they are embedded, striving for a model of resilience that is not simply persisting but also flourishing. Read More
Sister Norma Pimentel: The Hands and Voice of God for Migrants at the US/Mexico Border
Sister Norma Pimentel is one of the nation’s leading voices calling for new and more just immigration policies. She’s best known for her compassionate work and vigorous advocacy on behalf of migrants and refugees seeking asylum in the United States. Read More
