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This book offers a comprehensive exploration of key issues in
contemporary global migration and considers the theological
implications for Christianity, in general, and for Christian faith
and practice in various parts of the world, in particular. Migrant
Christians, who make up the majority of believers on the move and
in diaspora, play an increasingly vital role in world Christianity
today. Drawing on cases from across the globe, Gemma Tulud Cruz
considers how Christians are faced with immense gifts and
tremendous challenges brought by the ever-increasing presence of
migrants in their midst and the conditions that characterize
contemporary global migration. Migrant Christians themselves face
multiple challenges, which have been made more stark by the
coronavirus pandemic. The volume will be relevant to scholars of
religion and of migration who are interested in a closer
examination of what happens to Christians and Christianity, (faith)
communities, and nation-states in the age of migration.
This book focuses on the Philippines as a powerhouse in the
Catholic and global migration landscape. It offers a wide-ranging
look at the roles, dynamics, character, and trajectories of
Catholic faith and practice in the age of migration through an
interdisciplinary, religious, and theological approach to Filipino
Catholics' experience of migration and diaspora both at home and
overseas. In so doing, the book introduces the reader to the
hallmarks and characteristics of a contextual model of world
Christianity and global Catholicism in the twenty-first century.
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of key issues in
contemporary global migration and considers the theological
implications for Christianity, in general, and for Christian faith
and practice in various parts of the world, in particular. Migrant
Christians, who make up the majority of believers on the move and
in diaspora, play an increasingly vital role in world Christianity
today. Drawing on cases from across the globe, Gemma Tulud Cruz
considers how Christians are faced with immense gifts and
tremendous challenges brought by the ever-increasing presence of
migrants in their midst and the conditions that characterize
contemporary global migration. Migrant Christians themselves face
multiple challenges, which have been made more stark by the
coronavirus pandemic. The volume will be relevant to scholars of
religion and of migration who are interested in a closer
examination of what happens to Christians and Christianity, (faith)
communities, and nation-states in the age of migration.
Theologies on the Move: Religion, Migration, and Pilgrimage in the
World of Neoliberal Capital speaks to the reality that many
religions have developed in motion, with people exploring new
boundaries, migrating, and being displaced. Consequently, major
religious traditions form as they come into contact with other
religions and cultures, typically in situations of struggle and
pressure. Due to neoliberal capitalism, more people are on the move
today than ever before. Most are driven by necessity (migration due
to violence, poverty, and perceived poverty); others, by religious
quests that are often fueled by experiences of tension
(pilgrimage). The chapters in this volume explore the complexity of
these situations, examining in detail how theology and religion
shape up in various contexts "on the move" and investigating
specific problems and tensions in order to suggest solutions,
alternatives, and new possibilities.
Empires rise and expand by taking lands and resources and by
enslaving the bodies and minds of people. Even in this modern era,
the territories, geographies, and peoples of a number of lands
continue to be divided, occupied, harvested, and marketed. The
legacy of slavery and the scapegoating of people persists in many
lands, and religious institutions have been co-opted to own land,
to gather people, to define proper behavior, to mete out salvation,
and to be silent. The contributors to People and Land, writing from
under the shadows of various empires-from and in between Africa,
Asia, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Oceania-refuse to be silent.
They give voice to multiple causes: to assess and transform the
usual business of theology and hermeneutics; to expose and
challenge the logics and delusions of coloniality; to tally and
demand restitution of stolen, commodified and capitalized lands; to
account for the capitalizing (touristy) and forced movements of
people; and to scripturalize the undeniable ecological crises and
our responsibilities to the whole life system (watershed). This
book is a protest against the claims of political and religious
empires over land, people, earth, minds, and the future.
Empires rise and expand by taking lands and resources and by
enslaving the bodies and minds of people. Even in this modern era,
the territories, geographies, and peoples of a number of lands
continue to be divided, occupied, harvested, and marketed. The
legacy of slavery and the scapegoating of people persists in many
lands, and religious institutions have been co-opted to own land,
to gather people, to define proper behavior, to mete out salvation,
and to be silent. The contributors to People and Land, writing from
under the shadows of various empires—from and in between Africa,
Asia, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Oceania—refuse to be
silent. They give voice to multiple causes: to assess and transform
the usual business of theology and hermeneutics; to expose and
challenge the logics and delusions of coloniality; to tally and
demand restitution of stolen, commodified and capitalized lands; to
account for the capitalizing (touristy) and forced movements of
people; and to scripturalize the undeniable ecological crises and
our responsibilities to the whole life system (watershed). This
book is a protest against the claims of political and religious
empires over land, people, earth, minds, and the future.
Religious and Ethical Perspectives on Global Migration examines the
complicated social ethics of migration in today's world. Editors
Elizabeth W. Collier and Charles R. Strain bring the perspectives
of an international group of scholars toward a theory of justice
and ethical understanding for the nearly two hundred million
migrants who have left their homes seeking asylum from political
persecution, greater freedom and safety, economic opportunity, or
reunion with family members. Migrants move out of fear,
desperation, hope, love for their families, or a myriad of other
complex motivations. Faced with both the needs and flows of people
and the walls that impede them, what actions ought we, both
individually and collectively, take? What is the moral
responsibility of those of us, in particular, who reside
comfortably in our native lands? There is no univocal response to
these questions. Instead multiple perspectives on migration must be
examined. This book begins by looking at different geographic
regions around the world and highlighting particular issues within
each. Finding that religious traditions represent the strongest
countervailing sources of values to the homogenizing tendencies of
economic globalization, the study then offers a plurality of
religious perspectives The final chapters examine the salient
issues and the proposed solutions that have emerged specifically
within the U.S. context. These studies range from militarization of
the U.S. border with Mexico to the impact of migrants on
native-born low-skilled workers. Encompassing a wide range of
cultural and scholarly voices, Religious and Ethical Perspectives
on Global Migration provides insight for ethics, moral philosophy,
social and political philosophy, religious studies, social justice,
globalization, and identity formation.
Religious and Ethical Perspectives on Global Migration examines the
complicated social ethics of migration in today s world. Editors
Elizabeth W. Collier and Charles R. Strain bring the perspectives
of an international group of scholars toward a theory of justice
and ethical understanding for the nearly two hundred million
migrants who have left their homes seeking asylum from political
persecution, greater freedom and safety, economic opportunity, or
reunion with family members. Migrants move out of fear,
desperation, hope, love for their families, or a myriad of other
complex motivations. Faced with both the needs and flows of people
and the walls that impede them, what actions ought we, both
individually and collectively, take? What is the moral
responsibility of those of us, in particular, who reside
comfortably in our native lands? There is no univocal response to
these questions. Instead multiple perspectives on migration must be
examined. This book begins by looking at different geographic
regions around the world and highlighting particular issues within
each. Finding that religious traditions represent the strongest
countervailing sources of values to the homogenizing tendencies of
economic globalization, the study then offers a plurality of
religious perspectives The final chapters examine the salient
issues and the proposed solutions that have emerged specifically
within the U.S. context. These studies range from militarization of
the U.S. border with Mexico to the impact of migrants on
native-born low-skilled workers. Encompassing a wide range of
cultural and scholarly voices, Religious and Ethical Perspectives
on Global Migration provides insight for ethics, moral philosophy,
social and political philosophy, religious studies, social justice,
globalization, and identity formation."
Gender, Religion and Migration is the first multidisciplinary
collection on the intersection of gender and religion in the
integration of different groups of immigrants, migrant workers,
youths, and students in host societies in Asia-Pacific, Europe,
Latin America and North America. It investigates the linkages and
tensions between religion and integration from a gendered
perspective. By examining the contemporary significance of religion
in the context of global migrations, the fifteen research-based
essays provide new insights and perspectives on the often missed
link between the differing ways in which male and female immigrants
find meanings of faith-beliefs and religious traditions to belong
in foreign lands, even residents' faith-based activism involving
illegal migrants. While religion provides mechanisms for
negotiating immigrant life in the host countries, it also inhibits
integration of immigrants especially in countries where the
majority religion is different. This dual phenomenon of religion
promoting and inhibiting integration is critically examined in the
lives of Filipinos, Brazilians, Indians, Polish, Mexicans,
Vietnamese, Kenyans, Nigerians, and Middle Eastern peoples. The
book also engages various theories on gender, religion and
migration and demonstrates the fluidity of gender construction as
people cross borders.
Theologies on the Move: Religion, Migration, and Pilgrimage in the
World of Neoliberal Capital speaks to the reality that many
religions have developed in motion, with people exploring new
boundaries, migrating, and being displaced. Consequently, major
religious traditions form as they come into contact with other
religions and cultures, typically in situations of struggle and
pressure. Due to neoliberal capitalism, more people are on the move
today than ever before. Most are driven by necessity (migration due
to violence, poverty, and perceived poverty); others, by religious
quests that are often fueled by experiences of tension
(pilgrimage). The chapters in this volume explore the complexity of
these situations, examining in detail how theology and religion
shape up in various contexts "on the move" and investigating
specific problems and tensions in order to suggest solutions,
alternatives, and new possibilities.
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