Life In Transit Theological And Ethical Contributions On Migration

Author : Manitza Kotzé,Riaan Rheeder
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781928523567

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Life in Transit: Theological and Ethical Contributions on Migration by Manitza Kotzé,Riaan Rheeder Pdf

Migration is an issue that is under discussion worldwide and affects South Africa, the United States of America and Germany in a distinctive way. This book reflects academically on this significant and topical subject of migration from the often neglected perspective of the fields of theology and Christian ethics. While the majority of contributions are from the South African context, there are also chapters reflecting on the topic from the other two aforementioned contexts. While numerous publications have recently appeared on the subject, reflection from theology and Christian ethics are often lacking. As such, this scholarly publication wants to add ethical value to the local and global conversations on the theme from a theological perspective. The book reflects on migration from the perspectives originated in the disciplines of biblical studies (the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament), systematic theology, ecumenical studies, Christian ethics, practical theology, and missiology. It presents new and innovative inquiries primarily from a qualitative methodological viewpoint. The book unveils new themes for deliberation and provides novel interpretations and insights into existing research.

Author : Jakobus Vorster,Manitza Kotzé,Riaan Rheeder,Albert Coetsee,Jan du Rand,Johannes Eurich,IW (Naas) Ferreira,Matthew Kaemingk,Christopher Magezi,Marius Nel,Nico Vorster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1928523552

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Life in Transit by Jakobus Vorster,Manitza Kotzé,Riaan Rheeder,Albert Coetsee,Jan du Rand,Johannes Eurich,IW (Naas) Ferreira,Matthew Kaemingk,Christopher Magezi,Marius Nel,Nico Vorster Pdf

Migration is an issue that is under discussion worldwide and affects South Africa, the United States of America and Germany in a distinctive way. This book reflects academically on this significant and topical subject of migration from the often neglected perspective of the fields of theology and Christian ethics. While the majority of contributions are from the South African context, there are also chapters reflecting on the topic from the other two aforementioned contexts. While numerous publications have recently appeared on the subject, reflection from theology and Christian ethics are often lacking. As such, this scholarly publication wants to add ethical value to the local and global conversations on the theme from a theological perspective. The book reflects on migration from the perspectives originated in the disciplines of biblical studies (the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament), systematic theology, ecumenical studies, Christian ethics, practical theology, and missiology. It presents new and innovative inquiries primarily from a qualitative methodological viewpoint. The book unveils new themes for deliberation and provides novel interpretations and insights into existing research.

Author : Philip La G. du Toit,Alfred R Brunsdon
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781779952929

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Theological perspectives on re-imagining leadership in post-COVID-19 Africa by Philip La G. du Toit,Alfred R Brunsdon Pdf

Post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) realities are challenging leaders in all spheres of society in many ways. From the onset of the pandemic, leaders on every level were challenged to provide appropriate guidance in the face of new and adverse realities. From the micro level of local congregations to the macro level of national governments, leaders were required to provide the type of leadership that would not only address immediate obstacles but simultaneously be visionary in the face of uncertainties that became the hallmark of post-COVID-19 society. In this book, the authors reflect on leadership in a post-COVID-19 society from bibliological, practical, theological, missiological and ethical perspectives. Although the authors have the global village in mind, the focus leans towards the African context. The book aims to contribute meaningfully to a much-needed and re-imagined vision of leaders which fits post-COVID-19 societies.

Author : Nico Vorster,Frederik van Niekerk
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781776342297

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Faith seeking understanding by Nico Vorster,Frederik van Niekerk Pdf

How did it all begin? How do we even start to engage the differences between creation narratives in the Christian Bible and modern scientific theory? The authors of this book explore hermeneutic approaches and developments in biblical studies to set the scene for a religious approach. This approach is open to the possibility that a literalist approach to Scripture is, in fact, the most unjustifiable reading of the Bible. This may profoundly affect how we view God, the cosmos, and even ourselves. To be able to read the Bible from the perspective of an open present and future paves the way for suppressed uncertainties to be liberated. This paves the way for humankind to freely question all things without being enslaved by imposed religious dogma. This is not to say that religion has served its purpose, but it is far from it. With the rise of technological advancements come other social and anthropological problems, not to mention the challenge we face on a global scale with climate change, et cetera. Just as we dare to peek over the edge of a future without religion, the authors bring us back to the fundamental teachings of faith traditions, Christianity in particular. They remind us that the solutions to these challenges are to be found in us becoming ‘better humans’. Becoming ‘better humans’ brings us back into the arena of faith traditions. When technology may lead to social disconnection and narcissism, religion calls for love of self and neighbour. Where greed-inspired advancements threaten the future of our planet, religion teaches us to be in relationship with our environment and to be custodians of it.

Author : Brazal, Agnes,Davila, Maria Theresa
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608336333

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Living With(Out) Borders by Brazal, Agnes,Davila, Maria Theresa Pdf

Author : Ilsup Ahn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004412101

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Theology and Migration by Ilsup Ahn Pdf

In an age of global migration, what is the fundamental theological framework with which Christian theologians and church leaders are to engage its challenges and problems? In this volume, Ilsup Ahn attempts to answer this question by presenting a Trinitarian theology of migration.

Author : Andrea Bieler,Isolde Karle,HyeRan Kim-Cragg,Ilona Nord
Publisher : Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783374061334

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Religion and Migration by Andrea Bieler,Isolde Karle,HyeRan Kim-Cragg,Ilona Nord Pdf

This volume explores religious discourses and practices of hospitality in the context of migration. It articulates the implied ambivalences and even contradictions as well as the potential to contribute to a more just world through social interconnection with others. The book features contributors from diverse national, denominational, cultural, and racial backgrounds. Their essays reveal a dichotomy of hospitality between guest and host, while tackling the meaning of home or the loss of it, interrogating both the peril and promise of the relationship between religion, chiefly Christianity, and hospitality, and focusing on the role of migrants' vulnerability and agency, by drawing from empirical, theological, sociological and anthropological insights emerged from postcolonial migration contexts. With contributions by Andrea Bieler, Jione Havea, Claudia Hoffmann, HyeRan Kim-Cragg, Claudia Jahnel, Isolde Karle, Buhle Mpofu, Armin Nassehi, Ilona Nord, Henrietta Nyamnjoh, Regina Polak, Ludger Pries, Thomas Reynolds, Harsha Walia, Jula Well, and Birgit Weyel. [Religion und Migration] Dieser Band beschäftigt sich mit religiösen Diskursen und religiöser Praxis, die Gastfreundschaft im Kontext von Migration thematisieren. Dabei werden sowohl Potenziale identifiziert, die in Richtung größerer Gerechtigkeit und sozialer Verbundenheit weisen, als auch Ambivalenzen und Widersprüche. Das Buch präsentiert Beiträge, die verschiedene nationale, konfessionelle, kulturelle und ethnische Kontexte reflektieren. Dabei kommen die problematischen sowie die verheißungsvollen Dimensionen der Dichotomie von Gast- und Gastgebersein in den Blick, die der Fokus auf Gastfreundschaft insbesondere im Christentum impliziert. Die Frage nach dem Zusammenhang von Verletzbarkeit und Handlungsmacht von Migrantinnen und Migranten wird aus empirischer, theologischer, soziologischer sowie anthropologischer Perspektive beleuchtet.

Author : Ilsup Ahn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317933236

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Religious Ethics and Migration by Ilsup Ahn Pdf

What does it mean to provide justice for undocumented workers who have been living among us without proper legal documentation? How can we do justice to the undocumented migrants who have been doing the low-skilled, low-paid jobs unwanted by citizens? Why should we even try to do justice for people who violate the laws of the society? Religious Ethics and Migration: Doing Justice to Undocumented Workers addresses these questions from a distinctive religious ethical perspective: the Christian theology of forgiveness and radical hospitality. In answering these questions, the author employs in-depth interdisciplinary dialogues with other relevant disciplines such as immigration history, global economics, political science, legal philosophy, and social theory. He argues that the political appropriation of a Christian theology of forgiveness and the radical hospitality modeled after it are the most practical and justifiable solutions to the current immigration crisis in North America. Critical and interdisciplinary in its approach, this book offers a unique, comprehensive, and balanced perspective regarding the urgent immigration crisis.

Author : E. Padilla,P. Phan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781137031495

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Contemporary Issues of Migration and Theology by E. Padilla,P. Phan Pdf

With a diverse list of contributors, this volume seeks to discuss in depth some of the key issues that migration poses to World Christianity in the fields of constructive theology, ethics, spirituality, mission, ministry, inculturation, interreligious dialogue, and theological education.

Author : Darren Carlson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004443464

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Christianity and Conversion among Migrants by Darren Carlson Pdf

In Christianity and Conversion among Migrants, Darren Carlson explores the faith, beliefs, and practices of migrants and refugees as well as the Christian organizations serving them between 2014–2018 in Athens, Greece.

Author : Darren J. Dias,Jaroslav Z. Skira,Michael S. Attridge,Gerard Mannion
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030542269

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The Church, Migration, and Global (In)Difference by Darren J. Dias,Jaroslav Z. Skira,Michael S. Attridge,Gerard Mannion Pdf

The painful reality faced by refugees and migrants is one of the greatest moral challenges of our time, in turn, becoming a focus of significant scholarship. This volume examines the global phenomenon of migration in its theological, historical, and socio-political dimensions and of how churches and faith communities have responded to the challenges of such mass human movement. The contributions reflect global perspectives with contributions from African, Asian, European, North American, and South American scholars and contexts. The essays are interdisciplinary, at the intersection of religion, anthropology, history, political science, gender and post-colonial studies. The volume brings together a variety of perspectives, inter-related by ecclesiological and theological concerns.

Author : G. Cruz
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1349486205

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Toward a Theology of Migration by G. Cruz Pdf

Offering a theology of migration, Cruz reflects on the Christian vision of 'one bread, one body, one people' in view of the gifts and challenges of contemporary migration to Christian spirituality, mission, and inculturation and the need for reform of migration policies based on the experience of refugees, migrant women, and others.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004417342

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Migration and Islamic Ethics by Anonim Pdf

Migration and Islamic Ethics, Issues of Residence, Naturalization and Citizenship addresses how Islamic ethical and legal traditions can contribute to current global debates on migration and displacement; how Islamic ethics of muʾakha, ḍiyāfa, ijāra, amān, jiwār, sutra, kafāla, among others, may provide common ethical grounds for a new paradigm of social and political virtues applicable to all humanity, not only Muslims. The present volume more broadly defines the Islamic tradition to cover not only theology but also to encompass ethics, customs and social norms, as well as modern political, humanitarian and rights discourses. The first section addresses theorizations and conceptualizations using contemporary Islamic examples, mainly in the treatment of asylum-seekers and refugees; the second, contains empirical analyses of contemporary case studies; the third provides historical accounts of Muslim migratory experiences. Contributors are: Abbas Barzegar, Abdul Jaleel, Dina Taha, Khalid Abou El Fadl, Mettursun Beydulla, Radhika Kanchana, Ray Jureidini, Rebecca Gould, Said Fares Hassan, Sari Hanafi, Tahir Zaman.

Author : Silas W. Allard,Kristin E. Heyer,Raj Nadella
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Law
ISBN : 1003042198

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Christianity and the Law of Migration by Silas W. Allard,Kristin E. Heyer,Raj Nadella Pdf

"This collection brings together legal scholars and Christian theologians for an interdisciplinary conversation responding to the challenges of global migration. Gathering fourteen leading scholars from both law and Christian theology, the book covers legal perspectives, theological perspectives, and key concepts in migration studies. In part one, scholars of migration law and policy discuss the legal landscape of migration at both the domestic and international level. In part two, Christian theologians, ethicists, and biblical scholars draw on the resources of the Christian tradition to think about migration. In part three, a scholar of law and a scholar of Christian theology bring their respective resources and perspectives into conversation through a co-authored chapter on key themes within migration studies. The work provides a truly interdisciplinary introduction to the topic of migration for those who are new to the subject; an opportunity for immigration lawyers and legal scholars to engage Christian theology; an opportunity for pastors and Christian theologians to engage law; and new insights on key frameworks for scholars who are already committed to the study of migration"--

Author : Synnøve Bendixsen,Trygve Wyller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000710793

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Contested Hospitalities in a Time of Migration by Synnøve Bendixsen,Trygve Wyller Pdf

This book explores the duality of openness and restriction in approaches to migrants in the Nordic countries. As borders have become less permeable to non-Europeans, it presents research on civil society practices that oppose the existing border regimes and examine the values that they express. The volume offers case studies from across the region that demonstrate opposition to increasingly restricted borders and which seek to offer hospitality to migrant. One topic is whether these practices impact and transform the Nordic Protestant trajectory. The book considers whether such actions are indicative of new sensibilities and values in which traditional categories and binaries are becoming less relevant. It also discusses what these practices of hospitality indicate about the changing relationship between voluntary organizations and the Nordic welfare states in the time of migration. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology, and religious studies with interests in migration, civil society resistance and social values.