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God and the Illegal Alien

United States Immigration Law and a Theology of Politics
Buch | Hardcover
256 Seiten
2017
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-17662-1 (ISBN)
CHF 155,00 inkl. MwSt
Millions of men, women, and children who enter the United States unlawfully are deemed 'illegal aliens' under United States immigration law. Where do these migrants stand within Christian ethics? This book explains the rise of the illegal alien and responds to the law through a theological account of politics.
Today in the United States, millions of men, women, and children are considered 'illegal aliens' under federal law. While the presence of these migrants runs against the law, many arrive in response to US demand for cheap labor and stay to contribute to community life. This book asks where migrants stand within God's world and how authorities can govern immigration with Christian ethics. The author tracks the emergence of the concept of the illegal alien in federal US law while exploring Christian ways of understanding belonging, government, and relationships with neighbors. This is a thought-provoking book that provides a fresh response to the difficult issue of illegal immigration in the United States through the context of Christian theology.

Robert W. Heimburger is Associate Chaplain with the Oxford Pastorate, Associate Researcher at the Fundación Universitaria Seminario Bíblico de Colombia, and Editor of IFES Word and World.

Introduction; Part I. The Immigrant as Alien: 1. How the alien emerged: allegiance, English law, and federal immigration law; 2. Coming near to distant neighbors in God's world; Part II. The Alien as Unlawfully Present: 3. How aliens became illegal: sovereignty, Chinese migration, and federal immigration law; 4. The humble guard: governing immigration under God; Part III. An Unlawfully Present Alien from a Neighboring Country?: 5. How nationals of neighboring countries became illegal aliens: non-discrimination, Mexican migration, and federal immigration law; 6. Justice and mercy among neighbors; Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Law and Christianity
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 163 x 242 mm
Gewicht 500 g
Themenwelt Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-107-17662-X / 110717662X
ISBN-13 978-1-107-17662-1 / 9781107176621
Zustand Neuware
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