A Promised Land, a Perilous Journey Theological Perspectives on Migration
- Notre Dame University of Notre Dame Press 2011
- 332p
includes index and biblioraphy
Part One. Foundations of a Theology of Migration CHAPTER ONE Faith for the Journey: Religion as a Resource for Migrants Jacqueline Hagan CHAPTER TWO "Beloved Aliens and Exiles": New Testament Perspectives on Migration Donald Senior CHAPTER THREE Migration in the Patristic Era: History and Theology 35 Peter C. Phan CHAPTER FOUR God in the Desert: Searching for the Divine in the Midst of Death Alex Nava CHAPTER FIVE Poverty, Migration, and the Option for the Poor Gustavo Gutierrez Part Two. Mission, Ministry, and Migration CHAPTER SIX Mission among Migrants, Mission of Migrants: Mission of the Church 89 Stephen Bevans CHAPTER SEVEN Migrants and the Ministry of Reconciliation 107 Robert Schreiter CHAPTER EIGHT For the Love of Migrants: The Scalabrinian Tradition 124 Giovanni Gmziano Tassello CHAPTER NINE The Ninety-Nine Sheep and the Mission of the Church: The Pastoral Care of Hispanic Immigrants 141 Patrick Murphy CHAPTER TEN The Story of Humane Borders 160 Robin Hoover Part Three. The Politics of Sovereign Rights, Cultural Rights, and Human Rights CHAPTER EEEVEN Migration and Human Dignity: From Policies of Exclusion to Policies Based on Human Rights Gmziano Battistella CHAPTER TWELVE The Natural Rights of Migrants and Newcomers: A Challenge to U.S. Law and Policy Donald Kerwin CHAPTER THIRTEEN Hermeneutics and Politics of Strangers: A Philosophical Contribution on the Challenge of Conviventia in Multicultural Societies 210 Raul Fornet-Betancourt CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Gender of Risk: Sexual Violence against Undocumented Women 225 Olivia Ruiz Marrujo Part Four. Constructive Theologies of Immigration CHAPTER FIFTEEN A Theology of Migration: Toward an Intercultural Methodology Jorge E. Castillo Guena CHAPTER SIXTEEN (Cuantos, Mas? The Crucified Peoples at the U.S.-Mexico Border Gioacchino Campese CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Fruit of the Vine and Work of Human Hands: Immigration and the Eucharist Daniel G. Groody