Theology as Border-Crossing: Lessons from a Hostel for Refugees
This essay develops three steps for a theology of border-crossing that is capable of birthing a creative and transformative culture of encounter for embracing our shared identity as humans in the rising contestations about identity and exclusion in the Church and in the world. The essay shows how th...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2021
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2021, Issue: 1, Pages: 48-59 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Refugee
/ Church
/ Community
/ Identity
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology NBN Ecclesiology NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Catholic Church B God |
| Summary: | This essay develops three steps for a theology of border-crossing that is capable of birthing a creative and transformative culture of encounter for embracing our shared identity as humans in the rising contestations about identity and exclusion in the Church and in the world. The essay shows how the Church can be a space for encountering the other through practices and priorities which make possible the crystallization of the inclusive love of God as the centre around which there are no borders and walls. The paper concludes by showing how theological border-crossing could be a form of theological perichoresis modelled after the Trinitarian perichoresis because it weaves multiple paths, traditions, histories, and identities as an art and spiritual exercise that invites individuals and communities of faith to a dynamic celebration of the dignity and beauty of differences. The possibility of a theology of border-crossing capable of translating the boundless love of God into pastoral and social praxis is shown also as a personal and communal pilgrimage for individuals, churches, nations, races and indeed all people beyond the claims of nativism and indigeneity. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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