Kinship Across Borders: A Christian Ethic of Immigration (Moral Traditions series)
"Kinship Across Borderspresents a powerful analysis of the injustice of the current immigration system and an engaging alternative based on human solidarity and Christian commitment. It will inspire action that can make a difference." --David Hollenbach, SJ, University Chair in Human Rights and International Justice, Boston College"Thousands die on our borders and many within the church remain silent. But as Heyer demonstrates in her well thought-out book,Kinship across Borders, these dying strangers are kinfolk, not some dehumanized immigrant. Her important contribution to the immigration discourse provides us with a well-grounded theological and ethical analysis to what has become the greatest human rights violation presently occurring within US borders." --Miguel A. De La Torre, Iliff School of Theology"This extraordinary book convincingly demonstrates how and why what appear on the surface as fundamentally social or economic issues are profoundly theological, reflecting basic presuppositions about who God is and who we are. Heyer has thus provided us with the kind of scholarly yet accessible 'theology of immigration' so desperately needed in our debates on immigration policy." --Roberto Goizueta, Margaret O'Brien Flatley Professor of Catholic Theology, Boston College"This is a timely and creative work that re-frames the topic of immigration for US Christians and challenges us to a new ethic of responsible global citizenship, one that does more than lip-service to 'family values'. Impressive for its interdisciplinary scholarship, powerful stories, and clear argumentation,Kinship across Borderswill prove useful for a wide readership, including politicians, pastoral workers, and students and professionals in the field of theological ethics." --Anne Patrick, William H. Laird Professor of Religion and the Liberal Arts, emerita, Carleton College"In an immigration debate dominated by economic and utilitarian approaches, Heyer's brilliant work opens up the ethical terrain and reminds us that what we need is not only more information but a new imagination. As she looks at the human costs of the migrant in light of the Christian tradition, she calls us to examine not only how people cross political borders but also how they might cross the walls and barriers that exists in the human heart." --Daniel G. Groody, CSC, associate professor of theology, University of Notre Dame