عنوان

Faith, An Alien and Narrow Path of Christian Ethics in Migration

شماره

LA110650

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Faith, An Alien and Narrow Path of Christian Ethics in Migration

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The rise of African immigrant communities in the diaspora, especially in Europe and North America, have contributed significantly to the renewal of Christian presence in those contexts. There are significant numbers of the membership of African immigrant congregations who are economic migrants and whose immigration statuses have not been regularized. The average undocumented migrant lives a very difficult life due to the inability to provide authentic papers for work. This affects the lives of immigrants in several ways, including access to healthcare and education for children. In those circumstances the temptation to survive by assuming false identities is very strong. The mission of immigrant churches includes the provision of 'protection' for their vulnerable members who need to survive a physically precarious diaspora. That African immigrants often reinterpret their problems in terms of attacks from supernatural forces and envious witches at 'home' in Africa informs the approach of the leadership to care and counselling. This paper proposes to identify the pastoral problems of African immigrant Christians within the context of situation ethics and how the inability to regularize their stay in Europe and North America affects Christian morality and mission in 'alien lands'. The rise of African immigrant communities in the diaspora, especially in Europe and North America, have contributed significantly to the renewal of Christian presence in those contexts. There are significant numbers of the membership of African immigrant congregations who are economic migrants and whose immigration statuses have not been regularized. The average undocumented migrant lives a very difficult life due to the inability to provide authentic papers for work. This affects the lives of immigrants in several ways, including access to healthcare and education for children. In those circumstances the temptation to survive by assuming false identities is very strong. The mission of immigrant churches includes the provision of 'protection' for their vulnerable members who need to survive a physically precarious diaspora. That African immigrants often reinterpret their problems in terms of attacks from supernatural forces and envious witches at 'home' in Africa informs the approach of the leadership to care and counselling. This paper proposes to identify the pastoral problems of African immigrant Christians within the context of situation ethics and how the inability to regularize their stay in Europe and North America affects Christian morality and mission in 'alien lands'.

تاريخ نشر

2014

توصيف ظاهري

68-88

عنوان

Exchange

شماره جلد

43/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1572-543X

اصطلاح موضوعی

diaspora

اصطلاح موضوعی

ethics

اصطلاح موضوعی

gospel

اصطلاح موضوعی

migration

اصطلاح موضوعی

morality

اصطلاح موضوعی

pentecostalism

اصطلاح موضوعی

prosperity

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/1572543X-12341303

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y