An edition of Strangers in this world (2015)

Strangers in this world

multireligious reflections on immigration

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An edition of Strangers in this world (2015)

Strangers in this world

multireligious reflections on immigration

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Immigration is one of the most hotly debated topics today. But, the question involves more than politics and emotion; it includes such critical issues as law, justice, human rights, human dignity, and freedom. Strangers in This World is a collection that brings together an international consortium of scholars to reflect on the religious, political, anthropological, and social realities of immigration through the prism of the historical and theological resources, insights, and practices across an array of religious traditions. The volume, reflecting the diversity of religious cultures, is nevertheless unified in arguing that immigration is an important aspect of the major religions and is found at their core. The contributors unfold this important dimension of the religious traditions and explore the ways that the theme of immigration connects to vital points of theological reflection and practice in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Native American religious traditions. At root, the volume is about our collective journey together as immigrant peoples who have stories and settlements to share, as well as challenges and struggles to overcome, that may be faced through the resources our many faiths offer.

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Fortress Press
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English
Pages
318

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Table of Contents

Part 1. Hindu and Buddhist perspectives and encounters.
Migration and spiritual conquest : emplacing contemporary comparative theology in a Hindu theology of the "quarters" (dik) -- Reid B. Locklin
Seeking the "farther shore" : Buddhism as spiritual immigration -- John Thompson
Choices and challenges : the North American Buddhist immigrant experience -- Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Missionaries and immigrants, missionaries as immigrants -- Jonathan A. Seitz -- Part 2. Abrahamic tradition.
Singing the songs of the Lord in a strange land : forced exile versus chosen exile in early Jewish history -- Daniel Maoz
Immigration theology in Islam -- Muhammad Shafiq
The Islamic doctrine of hijra (migration) : theological implications -- Hussam S. Timani
Gothic "immigrants" in the Roman Empire -- Craig R. Davis
White Protestant efforts to convert Italian immigrants : the case of Constantine Panunzio -- Linda Mercadante
Journeying before God with a divided heart : theological virtues in light of the postcolonial migrations of Latvian Lutherans -- Kristine Suna-Koro -- Part III. First Americans and first immigrants.
Native American hospitality and generosity : old symbols of American welcome -- Randy Woodley
A shared narrative -- Ray Aldred
Immigration : from borders to boundaries under First Nations tutelage -- Allen G. Jorgenson -- Part IV. Current immigration issues.
Lutheran thought, civil disobedience, and the new sanctuary movement -- Laura E. Alexander
The morning after : the role of faith-based groups post-immigration reform -- Alan A. Aja
Blending past and future : how Whitehead's metaphysics speaks to immigration reform -- Joseph A. Bracken and Marc A. Pugliese
Immigration as/and mental illness : more than metaphor -- Ronald W. Baard -- Afterword.
A world strangely new, as old as history -- Francis X. Clooney, SJ.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Minneapolis, MN
Copyright Date
2015

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Dewey Decimal Class
325
Library of Congress
JV6225 .S87 2015, BV2180 .S87 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 318 pages
Number of pages
318

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Open Library
OL28412433M
Internet Archive
strangersinthisw0000unse
ISBN 10
1451472978
ISBN 13
9781451472974, 9781506400341
OCLC/WorldCat
918788179

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