Longing for Home [electronic resource] : Forced Displacement and Postures of Hospitality
Holton, M. Jan.
What is it about the concept of 'home' that makes its loss so profound and devastating, and how should the trauma of exile and alienation be approached theologically? M. Jan Holton examines the psychological, social and theological impact of forced displacement on communities in the Congo and South Sudan and on indigenous Batwa tribespersons in Uganda, as well as on homeless U.S. citizens and on U.S. soldiers returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Specialized.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One: Notions of Home; Two: Leaning into God; Three: Crisis and Forced Displacement; Four: Breathing Home; Five: Fleeing Conflict and Disaster; Six: War and Home-No Safe Place; Seven: Chronic Displacement and Persons without Home; Eight: Postures of Hospitality; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is it about the concept of 'home' that makes its loss so profound and devastating, and how should the trauma of exile and alienation be approached theologically? M. Jan Holton examines the psychological, social and theological impact of forced displacement on communities in the Congo and South Sudan and on indigenous Batwa tribespersons in Uganda, as well as on homeless U.S. citizens and on U.S. soldiers returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 8, 2016).
Forced migration
Refugees
Group identity.