Author-Meets-Respondents on Barbara Sostaita's Sanctuary Everywhere: The Fugitive Sacred in the Sonoran Desert

This author-meets-respondents session engages Barbara Andrea Sostaita’s Sanctuary Everywhere: The Fugitive Sacred in the Sonoran Desert (Duke 2024). Sostaita’s fieldwork with migrants across the landscapes of the U.S.-Mexico border allows her to reimagine sanctuary as a set of practices—both fugitive and sacred—in the face of quotidian violence and carceral projects. This panel brings together scholars who examine race, migration, ethnicity, and religion across the disciplines of history, anthropology, performance studies, philosophy, Latinx studies, and religious studies. This interdisciplinary panel will critically reflect on the book and its importance for the study of religion and our world today.