ABSTRACT
This collection brings together legal scholars and Christian theologians for an interdisciplinary conversation responding to the challenges of global migration.
Gathering 14 leading scholars from both law and Christian theology, the book covers legal perspectives, theological perspectives, and key concepts in migration studies. In Part 1, scholars of migration law and policy discuss the legal landscape of migration at both the domestic and international level. In Part 2, Christian theologians, ethicists, and biblical scholars draw on the resources of the Christian tradition to think about migration. In Part 3, each chapter is co-authored by a scholar of law and a scholar of Christian theology, who bring their respective resources and perspectives into conversation on key themes within migration studies.
The work provides a truly interdisciplinary introduction to the topic of migration for those who are new to the subject; an opportunity for immigration lawyers and legal scholars to engage Christian theology; an opportunity for pastors and Christian theologians to engage law; and new insights on key frameworks for scholars who are already committed to the study of migration.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|135 pages
The law of migration
chapter 1|18 pages
Exclusion, admission, and deportation
chapter 2|22 pages
The institutionalization of inequality
part 2|104 pages
Theology and migration
chapter 9|14 pages
Embrace, ambivalence, and theoxenia
chapter 12|18 pages
The theopolitics of the migrant
chapter 13|19 pages
Migration, social responsibility, and moral imagination
part 3|100 pages
Dialogues