Ethics of Hospitality (eBook)

An Interfaith Response to US Immigration Policies

Helen T. Boursier (Autor)

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2019
310 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-7919-3 (ISBN)

Infos

In conversation with the ethical-theological-philosophical role of love in the Abrahamic traditions and U.S. immigration, personal testimonies of refugee families seeking asylum join the witness of the interfaith community of greater San Antonio to explain the gift received when love of God is expressed as radical hospitality.

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Set against an ethical-theological-philosophical framework of the role of love in the Abrahamic tradition (Islam, Judaism, and Christianity), The Ethics of Hospitality highlights the personal witness of refugee families seeking asylum from the Northern Triangle in Central America to the U.S. Their heart-wrenching stories include why they fled their homelands, their experiences along the arduous overland journey, and their inhospitable reception when they arrived to the U.S. and requested asylum. It includes an overview of the systemic connections between the U.S. and the violence which catapults these families to seek safety. The voices of the families join the witness of interreligious volunteers of greater San Antonio who assist the refugee families in diverse capacities and who testify to the mutual blessing they receive when love of God, expressed as love of neighbor, becomes central to the immigration conversation. Ultimately, the proposal is that the interreligious community has the privilege and responsibility to respond in love with refugees seeking asylum, while also leading the outcry in the public square for their radical welcome.

Autor

Helen T. Boursier is professor at College of St. Scholastica.

Inhalt

Preface Acknowledgments Acronyms Introduction to the Proposal and the Conversation Partners Part One: Setting the Context—Refugee Families seeking Asylum 1. Witness of the Refugee Families 2. The Intersection of Love and Migration in the Abrahamic Tradition 3. Interreligious Hermeneutic of Love for the Refugee Other Part Two: The Immigration Matrix and U.S. Ideology with Shapes Policies and Practices 4. The Immigration Matrix—A Systemic Overview 5. The Deep Symbols of U.S. Immigration Part Three: Systemic Contributions to Migration from the Northern Triangle 6. U.S. Systemic Culpability—Drugs, Guns, Gangs 7. Cultural Contributors to Sociocide in the Northern Triangle 8. The Dangerous Overland Journey to the U.S. Part Four: Immigration and the Refugee Family ‘Detention’ Experience 9. Welcome to the USA: Refugee Family Incarceration Trauma in CBP Facilities 10. Immigrant Family Detention—Also Known As ‘Baby Jail’ 11. Daunting ‘Due Process’ and the Credible Fear Interview Part Five: Crossing Borders and Welcoming Neighbors 12. An Interreligious Praxeology of Love Radical Hospitality—Welcoming the Stranger as Friend 13. Interfaith Love in Action: Practical Expressions of Radical Hospitality 14. Vulnerability and Dying to Self 15. ‘Political Holiness’ as the Interreligious Praxis of Love 16. Bibliography of Works Cited 17. Index 18. About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 16 Illustrations including: - 1 Black & White Illustrations; - 15 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Abrahamic Love Ethic • Derrida’s Radical Hospitality • Hospitality for Refugees • Immigrant Family Detention • Immigration Reform • Interfaith Welcome Coalition • Interreligious Hermeneutic Refugees • Northern Triangle Refugees • Theological Ethic Refugees
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-7919-1 / 1498579191
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-7919-3 / 9781498579193