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 o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Timani, Hussam S. (Editor ), Jorgenson, Allen G. (Editor ), Hwang, Alexander Y. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2015]
Temas:
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Emigration and immigration > Religious aspects.
Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
Émigration et immigration > Aspect religieux.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
RELIGION > Ethics.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Emigration and immigration > Religious aspects
Einwanderung
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
Religion
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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