Longing for Home: Forced Displacement and Postures of Hospitality - Couverture rigide

Holton, M. Jan

 
9780300207620: Longing for Home: Forced Displacement and Postures of Hospitality
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 030020762X ISBN 13 : 9780300207620
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2016

Synopsis

What is it about the concept of "home" that makes its loss so profound and devastating, and how should the trauma of exile and alienation be approached theologically? M. Jan Holton examines the psychological, social, and theological impact of forced displacement on communities in the Congo and South Sudan and on indigenous Batwa tribespersons in Uganda, as well as on homeless U.S. citizens and on U.S. soldiers returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. She draws on ethnographic work in Africa, extensive research in practical theology, sociology, and psychology, as well as on professional work and personal experiences in America and abroad. In doing so she explores how forced displacement disrupts one's connection with the home place and the profound characteristics it fosters that can help people lean toward flourishing spiritually and psychologically throughout their lifetime. Displacement invites a social alienation that can become deeply institutionalized, threatening the moral well being of us all. Longing For Home offers a frame for understanding how communities can respond to refugees and various homeless populations by cultivating hospitality outside of their own comfort zones. This essential study addresses an urgent interreligious global concern and Holton's thoughtful and compelling work offers a constructive model for a sustained practical response.

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À propos de l?auteur

M. Jan Holton served on the faculty at Yale Divinity School in the area of pastoral theology, care, and counseling. She is the author of Building the Resilient Community: Lessons from the Lost Boys of Sudan, a study that focuses on field research in South Sudan.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
030020762X
ISBN 13 
9780300207620
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
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