Theology of Migration in the Abrahamic Religions

Abstract

First edition. A collection of essays that present the theologies of migration proposed by Judaism, various Christian churches and denominations, and Islam. Sandwiched between theological considerations on migration as homecoming to God and as a plural journeying into divine self-disclosure, the nine essays discuss God's nature and ways of acting in the world, human responses to this migrant God, and the ethical, spiritual and aesthetic challenges posed by the contemporary "Age of Migration." Introduction: Migration in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / Elaine Padilla and Peter C. Phan -- Theology, migration, and the homecoming / Dale T. Irvin -- "You will seek from there": the cycle of exile and return in classical Jewish theology / Devorah Schoenfeld -- Divine glory danced: Jewish migration as God's self-revelation in and as art / Melissa Raphael -- Theology of migration in the Orthodox tradition / Kondothra M. George -- Embracing, protecting, and loving the stranger: a Roman Catholic theology of migration / Peter C. Phan -- Protestantism in migration: Ecclesia semper migranda / Nancy Bedford -- The im/migrant spirit: de/constructing a Pentecostal theology of migration / Amos Yong -- Migration: an opportunity for broader and deeper ecumenism / Deenabandhu Manchala -- Toward a Muslim theology of migration / Amir Hussain -- Challenges of diversity and migration in Islamic political theory and theology / Charles Amjad-Ali -- Signs of wonder: journeying plurally into the divine disclosure / Elaine Padilla.