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Beyond welcome : centering immigrants in our Christian response to immigration / Karen González.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2022]Description: xiii, 161 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781587435607
  • 1587435608
  • 9781587435867
  • 1587435861
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 261.838 G643 Available 33111011027626
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 261.838 G643 Available 33111010934061
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

★ Publishers Weekly starred review "A top-notch Christian look at immigration, humane and full of heart."-- Publishers Weekly Many American Christians have good intentions, working hard to welcome immigrants with hospitality and solidarity. But how can we do that in a way that empowers our immigrant neighbors rather than pushing them to the fringes of white-dominant culture and keeping them as outsiders? That's exactly the question Karen González explores in Beyond Welcome .A Guatemalan immigrant, González draws from the Bible and her own experiences to examine why the traditional approach to immigration ministries and activism is at best incomplete and at worst harmful. By advocating for putting immigrants in the center of the conversation, González helps readers grow in discipleship and recognize themselves in their immigrant neighbors.Accessible to any Christian who is called to serve immigrants, this book equips readers to take action to dismantle white supremacy and xenophobia in the church. They will emerge with new insight into our shared humanity and need for belonging and liberation.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-160).

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

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