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Christian Theology in the Age of Migration
Implications for World Christianity
Christian Theology in the Age of Migration
Implications for World Christianity
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We are living in the "Age of Migration" and migration has a profound impact on all aspects of society and on religious institutions. While there is significant research on migration in the social sciences, little study has been done to understand the impact of migration on Christianity. This book investigates this important topic and the ramifications for Christian theology and ethics. It begins with anthropological and sociological perspectives on the mutual impact between migration and Christianity, followed by a re-reading of certain events in the Hebrew Scripture, the New Testament, and Church history to highlight the central role of migration in the formation of Israel and Christianity. Then follow attempts to reinterpret in the light of migration the basic Christian beliefs regarding God, Christ, and church. The next part studies how migration raises new issues for Christian ethics such as human dignity and human rights, state rights, social justice and solidarity, and ecological justice. The last part explores what is known as "Practical Theology" by examining the implications of migration for issues such as liturgy and worship, spirituality, architecture, and education.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Christianity n the “Age of Migration”
Peter C. Phan
PART I: CONTEXTS AND RESOURCES
2. Nativist Responses to the Challenge of Migration in Our Global Age
José Casanova
3. Migrant Itineraries and the Catholic Church: An Anthropological Approach
Valentina Napolitano
4. The Exodus as Memories about Migration: Examples from the Hebrew Bible and Deuterocanonical Books
Hendrik Bossman
5. Forced and Return Migrations as the Mitte of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
John Ahn
6. Migration in the New Testament: The Quest for Home
vanThanh Nguy?n
7. Migration and Church History
Ciprian Burlacioiu
PART II: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
8. God, the Beginning and the End of Migration: A Theology of God from the Experience and Perspective of Migrants
Peter C. Phan
9. Jesus the Paradigmatic Migrant
Kanan Kitani
10. Coalitional Church: Ecclesiology in the Age of Migration
Ulrich Schmiedel
PART III: ETHICS
Product details
Published | Jan 13 2020 |
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Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 360 |
ISBN | 9781978789968 |
Imprint | Lexington Books |
Illustrations | 3 b/w photos; 2 tables; |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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