Border of Death, Valley of Life: An Immigrant Journey of Heart and Spirit

by Daniel G. Groody, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Virgilio Elizondo

This book is a powerful first-hand account of religious ministry reaching out to heal the lives of desperate people who come to the United States, often illegally, seeking a better life.

Genres: Theology, Nonfiction

212 pages, Hardcover

First published July 30, 2002

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for my Latino spirituality class

[Isabella · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a great book! I was able to picture every detail the author described.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had the author as a professor at Notre Dame, and he's probably one of the more enlightened and interesting people I came across there (he's also quite often the object of priest-crushes...) Anyway, this very thoughtful book came out of his experiences with immigrant spirituality, specifically a retreat program in the Coachella valley in California and how it tries to reach out to immigrants whose spiritual needs are often not looked after in a new country. It's probably not a great book to pick up if you don't already know something about the issue, as a lot of it is a case study of a particular program, but it's extremely thoughtful, written from a place of deep care for the people it discusses.