Discerning Welcome: A Reformed Faith Approach to Refugees - Couverture souple

Clemot, Ellen Clark

 
9781666708929: Discerning Welcome: A Reformed Faith Approach to Refugees
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1666708925 ISBN 13 : 9781666708929
Editeur : Cascade Books, 2022

Synopsis

Gold Medal Winner, Illumination Award, 2023

Welcoming the undocumented resident refugee into the life of the polis is a challenge for some communities and a moral imperative for others. This books provides a Christian ethic for church leaders, congregants, and their churches to discern a way of welcoming their neighbors who are refugees residing in the US without authorization. Grounded in political theology and the Presbyterian-Reformed faith tradition, the ethical debates presented here and the legal overview of US immigration and alienage laws applicable to the undocumented resident lead to practices of worship, witness, and welcome for churches that can be tailored to different contexts.
When Jesus challenged the sharp lawyer to love his neighbor as himself, the lawyer asked Jesus: “who is my neighbor?” Jesus responded by telling him the parable of the Good Samaritan. Then Jesus asked the lawyer: “who was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” And the crestfallen lawyer answered: “the one who showed him mercy.” Jesus told him “to go and do likewise.” This book assists faith communities to find mercy for those undocumented refugee neighbors who many would condemn. It points a path towards doing the “likewise” of mercy in ethically defensible ways.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ellen Clark Clemot (DMin Duke, MDiv Princeton, JD NYU, AB Brown) is an attorney and ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She is also Sr. Pastor and Head of Staff at The Preabyterian Church of Chatham Township in New Jersey, a welcoming congregation.

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Éditeur
Cascade Books
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1666708925
ISBN 13 
9781666708929
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
140
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781666708936: Discerning Welcome: A Reformed Faith Approach to Refugees

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1666708933 ISBN 13 :  9781666708936
Editeur : Cascade Books, 2022
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