ABSTRACT
This chapter delves into the theological implications of the gendered character and dynamics of the experience of those who engage in international marriage migration. Contemporary international marriage migrants, for instance, challenge the common assumption that marriages are primarily contracted across borders for some objective gain. It shows the importance of social justice and compassion toward international marriage, in general, and the couple, especially foreign wives from low-income countries, in particular. An expanded understanding of the value of marriage as not simply a spiritual good but also a social and moral good might be more reflective of the reality and integrity lived by couples in such union, especially since the union is embedded in a complex web of relations and motivations that go beyond love and procreation, beyond the personal and local, beyond the individual and the family.
