From Outlaw to In-Law: How Multicultural Interfaith Couples Can Become Agents for Social Change - Paperback

by Tanya Sadagopan (Author), Duane Bidwell (Foreword by)

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.

Author Biography

Tanya Sadagopan holds masters' degrees in sociology and divinity, and a doctorate in ministry. She is a UCC minister serving in New Hampshire. Among the trail blazers of multicultural interfaith couples, she and her husband Sriram remain active in their Hindu and Christian faith traditions. Sadagopan has been engaged in interfaith activities throughout her career. A mom, a minister, and an educator, Tanya Sadagopan cares deeply for families and strives to bring healing to communities.