Reclaiming immigration as a theological term with spiritual ramifications
Too many of my Protestant clergy colleagues avoid preaching, teaching, leading, or engaging with anything immigration-related because it is deemed “political” and too contentious by their congregants. Their collective silence creates contributes to a spiritual malaise for clergy and their congregati...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2021
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| In: |
Dialog
Year: 2021, Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 293-301 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Asylum
B art therapy in detention B Willful Ignorance B ethical accountability B child migrants B Border |
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| Summary: | Too many of my Protestant clergy colleagues avoid preaching, teaching, leading, or engaging with anything immigration-related because it is deemed “political” and too contentious by their congregants. Their collective silence creates contributes to a spiritual malaise for clergy and their congregations who willfully dodge, ignore, or deny the church's individual and collective response to this urgent social concern. Drawing from qualitative ethnographic interviews with clergy colleagues, this article provides an overview of their excuses and calls for the church to reclaim immigration as a theological term that has spiritual ramifications. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12686 |