American Sanctuary Churches: A Future for Theism in the Age of Trump
“When the alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God..” - Leviticus 19:33-34 and 24:22 A Historical Context to Trump’s America On March 24 th , 1980, the assassination of human rights advocate and Archbishop Oscar Romero plunged El Salvador into 12 dark years of civil war, costing an estimated total of 75,000 lives by 1992. However to call it a civil war fails to capture the gross asymmetry of violence committed by both sides. Almost all of the killings and human rights violations were carried out by the ruling government, defending itself against the leftist guerillas attempting to seize power and restore justice. For centuries since Spanish colonization, a long line of brutal military dictatorships enriched a small oligarchy of white elites at the expense and explo...