Critical Reflection on Our Responses to the Syrian Crisis: Attitudes, Labels, and a Parable
This article takes a look at our responses to the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon from the "micro" - or grassroots - level. Specifically, it examines how our attitudes and approaches, as responders, affect the lived experience of others during this extraordinarily sensitive time of displa...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Sage
[2018]
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Transformation
Année: 2018, Volume: 35, Numéro: 2, Pages: 133-139 |
| Classifications IxTheo: | HC Nouveau Testament KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord NCC Éthique sociale |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Lebanon
B Traumatisme B War B Refugees B Adversity Activated Development B Syria |
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| Résumé: | This article takes a look at our responses to the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon from the "micro" - or grassroots - level. Specifically, it examines how our attitudes and approaches, as responders, affect the lived experience of others during this extraordinarily sensitive time of displacement. Three areas of reflection are discussed: the reductionist approach to identity, the pathologizing of those who go through suffering, and finally the exploration of a biblical understanding of integration, by looking at the parable of the workers in the vineyard ((Mt 20:1-16). In such a dynamic, restorative, and Christ-like community, both those "workers" who arrived early and those who arrived late are equally valued. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8931 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Transformation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0265378818783591 |