Contemporary Issues of Migration and Theology (Christianities of the World)

With a diverse list of contributors, this volume seeks to discuss in depth some of the key issues that migration poses to World Christianity in the fields of constructive theology, ethics, spirituality, mission, ministry, inculturation, interreligious dialogue, and theological education. Along with globalization migration poses unprecedented challenges to the Christian churches in the fields of constructive theology, ethics, spirituality, mission, ministry, interreligious dialogue, and theological education. How can the Christian churches successfully meet these challenges posed by global migratory movements? In suggesting ways that help the churches fulfill this task, the essays in this volume draw from a variety of streams of thought, including liberationist, postmodern, and postcolonial theologies, and from a wide range of contexts, such as the U.S., Latin America, and Asia. They probe new ways of interpreting the Bible, the contributions of migrants to Christianity, the function of the city in religious developments, ways of being Christian, Christian mission, theological method, and theological education. The result is a theology of migration that is appropriate for the emerging World Christianity, as its approach is interdisciplinary, interdenominational, interreligious, and intercontinental Front Matter....Pages i-vi Introduction: Migration and Christian Theology....Pages 1-9 Circumambulating Exodus-Migration-Conquest: A Theological Hermeneutics of Migratory Narrativity....Pages 11-29 Xenophilia or Xenophobia: Toward a Theology of Migration....Pages 31-51 Expanding Space: A Possibility of a Cavernous Mode of Dwelling....Pages 53-72 Migration and Cities: Theological Reflections....Pages 73-93 A New Way of Being Christian: The Contribution of Migrants to the Church....Pages 95-120 An Asian Theology of Migration and Its Interreligious Implications: Insights from the Documents of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC)....Pages 121-138 The Spirituality of Migrants: Mapping an Inner Geography....Pages 139-156 Migration and Mission: Pastoral Challenges, Theological Insights....Pages 157-177 The Experience of Migration as Source of Intercultural Theology....Pages 179-209 Race, Power, and Migration: Reimagining Graduate Theological Education....Pages 211-231 Back Matter....Pages 233-269 How can today's Christian churches successfully meet the myriad challenges posed by ever-increasing global migratory movements? The essays in this book seek to address this question, drawing from liberationists, postmodern, and postcolonial theologies