From Outlaw to In-Law
How Multicultural Interfaith Couples Can Become Agents for Social Change
- Marriage, Family & Relationships
- World Religions
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2024
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Publisher's Description
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.
Endorsements (3)
“In From Outlaw to In-Law, minister and public theologian Tanya Sadagopan tells the inspiring stories of eight interfaith couples and how navigating the complexities and tensions of a religiously and culturally plural family helped them become advocates for peace and justice in their communities. This important book is a fascinating glimpse into the lives of people who have dared to love across differences—and an invaluable resource for congregations daring enough to welcome and learn from them.”
“From Outlaw to In-Law is the first book to document at length how interfaith couples are inspired to become activists. It is an important addition to the growing body of literature detailing the lives of interfaith couples, and how their bravery and compassion helps to create a more fluid, less rigid, social landscape.”
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