Between Hospitality and Hostility

Migration has been a global phenomenon since the beginning of humankind. But despite its ordinariness, migration is a complex issue. The arrival of refugees in another country might have significant social, economic, political, cultural, and religious repercussions for both the migrants and the host...

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Published in:The ecumenical review
Subtitles:Ecumenical Forum
Main Author: Jiménez, Lani Anaya (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: The ecumenical review
IxTheo Classification:CH Christianity and Society
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
KDJ Ecumenism
NCC Social ethics
Further subjects:B Hospitality
B Sweden
B Migrants
B Radicalization
B Refugees
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Summary:Migration has been a global phenomenon since the beginning of humankind. But despite its ordinariness, migration is a complex issue. The arrival of refugees in another country might have significant social, economic, political, cultural, and religious repercussions for both the migrants and the host societies. In 2015, many refugees, mainly from the Middle East and the North African region, fled to Europe. Migration has become a subject of research in social sciences and, recently, in social ethics and theology. An ethical dilemma arises around the refugee crisis and the relationships between the host countries and guest communities: What is the relevance of the ethics of hospitality in a climate of political radicalization and hostility toward the "other"? This paper studies social ethical perspectives of hospitality and hostility toward refugees in the context of Sweden.
ISSN:1758-6623
Contains:Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/erev.12435