Fear and faith in the kin-dom: new explorations in the theology of migration

Heimburger, Robert W. 2015. Fear and faith in the kin-dom: new explorations in the theology of migration. Modern Theology 31 (2) , pp. 338-344. 10.1111/moth.12150

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Abstract

Whether in Qatar, Britain, Colombia, or the United States, people on the move are among the most vulnerable members of our societies, and injustices against migrants demand a response. Yet these men, women, and children are more than sites of need: migrants also come bearing gifts. Encountering migrants or undergoing migration pries open facile assumptions about whom we belong to and whom we are responsible to. In turn, they are pictures of God's wandering people and of the triune God who makes a home with us. Despite the fact that migration offers fertile ground for theological reflection, it has received little extended theological attention. Apart from some interest in the subject by biblical scholars, no more than a handful of academic monographs have dealt with the subject in recent decades. In recent books on migration and theology, Susanna Snyder and Kristin Heyer have begun to redress this need.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Publisher:	Wiley: 24 months
ISSN:	0266-7177
Last Modified:	08 Nov 2023 10:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/163439

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