Theology of Migration in the Abrahamic Religions [electronic resource] /
Padilla, E.editor.
Phan, P.editor.
This book provides an indispensable voice in the scholarly conversation on migration. It shows how migration has shaped and has been shaped by the three Abrahamic religions - -Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. No theory of migration will be complete unless the theological insights of these religions are seriously taken into account.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Migration in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; Chapter 1 Theology, Migration, and the Homecoming; Chapter 2 "You Will Seek From There": The Cycle of Exile and Return in Classical Jewish Theology; Chapter 3 Divine Glory Danced: Jewish Migration as God's Self-Revelation in and as Art; Chapter 4Theology of Migration in the Orthodox Tradition; Chapter 5 Embracing, Protecting, and Loving the Stranger:; Chapter 6 Protestantism in Migration: Ecclesia Semper Migranda; Chapter 7 The Im/migrant Spirit: De/constructing a Pentecostal Theology of Migration
Chapter 8 Migration: An Opportunity for Broader and Deeper EcumenismChapter 9 Toward a Muslim Theology of Migration; Chapter 10 Challenges of Diversity and Migration in Islamic Political Theory and Theology; Chapter 11 Signs of Wonder: Journeying Plurally into the Divine Disclosure; Selected Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides an indispensable voice in the scholarly conversation on migration. It shows how migration has shaped and has been shaped by the three Abrahamic religions - -Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. No theory of migration will be complete unless the theological insights of these religions are seriously taken into account.
Religion—History.
Christianity.
History of Religion.
Christianity.