Beyond welcome : centering immigrants in our Christian response to immigration /
González, Karen
Beyond welcome : centering immigrants in our Christian response to immigration / Karen González. - xiii, 161 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-160).
Introduction -- Part 1: Words and myths. Strangers in a strange land: the myth of assimilation -- The scarlet cord and the myth of the good immigrant -- Russian for beginners: words matter -- Part 2: The Bible and belonging. Reading the Bible: interpretations have consequences -- Mi casa es su casa: the hospitality of Jesus -- The land before (Western) time: a theology of belonging -- Part 3: Dignity and departures. Departures: people on the move -- Ethical storytelling: disrupting the narrative -- The kin-dom where everyone belongs.
"Challenging many common assumptions, a Guatemalan immigrant and advocate with World Relief examines the racial, social, political, and theological implications of centering immigrants themselves in our advocacy and care"--
9781587435607 1587435608 9781587435867 1587435861
2022004873
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020738024 Uk
Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Hospitality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Beyond welcome : centering immigrants in our Christian response to immigration / Karen González. - xiii, 161 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-160).
Introduction -- Part 1: Words and myths. Strangers in a strange land: the myth of assimilation -- The scarlet cord and the myth of the good immigrant -- Russian for beginners: words matter -- Part 2: The Bible and belonging. Reading the Bible: interpretations have consequences -- Mi casa es su casa: the hospitality of Jesus -- The land before (Western) time: a theology of belonging -- Part 3: Dignity and departures. Departures: people on the move -- Ethical storytelling: disrupting the narrative -- The kin-dom where everyone belongs.
"Challenging many common assumptions, a Guatemalan immigrant and advocate with World Relief examines the racial, social, political, and theological implications of centering immigrants themselves in our advocacy and care"--
9781587435607 1587435608 9781587435867 1587435861
2022004873
GBC2F8833 bnb
020738024 Uk
Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Hospitality--Religious aspects--Christianity.