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Author: Gary J. Adler, Jr. Publisher:  Cambridge University Press Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram – 299 pages ‘Immersion travel’ has, over decades, and especially in recent years, become quite a popular means for colleges, congregations, seminaries and other organizations (such as BorderLinks for example) to help its members develop global awareness, bridge global distance, and develop empathy towards people in other countries. These forms of purposeful travel to areas all over the world are variously termed as ‘alternative spring breaks’,  ‘alternative tourism’, ‘short-term mission trips’, ‘ solidarity trips’, ‘study-abroad travel’. Essentially, these are means to engage with suffering somewhere,...

Editors: Stephen J. Turner, Dinah L. Shelton, Jona Razzaque, Owen McIntyre, James R. May Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 407 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram Most laws relating to safeguarding our environment began to be developed and enacted since the 1970s, after the conclusion of the Conference on Human Rights and the Environment (UNCHE) in 1973.  On the other hand, the development and advancement of human rights began several decades earlier after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Both sets of rights have developed and advanced independently of the other. Issues such as climate change, pollution...

Editors: Daniel L. Dreischbach and Mark David Hall Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 336 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram From the days of the earliest settlements in North America, Christianity has had a profound effect and influence on culture, law, relationships, and rights. The first settlers were Catholics, Protestants, and members of other Christian sects, so what they believed to be important to harmonious living, varied. Each of these pious groups of men and women had nuanced ideas about how their faiths should interpret the law when it came to their own rights and those of others in...