From welcomed migrants to alleged terrorists: A missio-political reading of Exodus 1:8-2:10
This article examines the plight of migrants by conversing Brian Wren’s poetic song, Travellers, with a missio-political reading of Exodus 1:8 - 2:10. Most migrants are people on the move fleeing from untenable threats to their lives from dysfunctional states of the Global South. The article argues...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Stellenbosch University
[2016]
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Stellenbosch theological journal
Year: 2015, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 447-470 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CG Christianity and Politics HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Human Dignity
B politics of migration B “Travellers” B Exodus 1:8-2:10 B Refugees B Brian Wren |
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| Summary: | This article examines the plight of migrants by conversing Brian Wren’s poetic song, Travellers, with a missio-political reading of Exodus 1:8 - 2:10. Most migrants are people on the move fleeing from untenable threats to their lives from dysfunctional states of the Global South. The article argues that the socio-economic and political forces that deny the Hebrew migrants in ancient Egypt fullness of life as described in Exodus 1:8-2:10 are still at work in the threats that contemporary migrants face. Wren’s poetic song offers a life-affirming discourse that postulate an alternative missio-political response that affirm human dignity, human rights, human respect and a commitment to justice that facilitate “fullness of life”. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-9467 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Stellenbosch theological journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17570/stj.2015.v1n2.a21 |