The Ethics of Hospitality

An Interfaith Response to US Immigration Policies

Helen T. Boursier (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

310 Seiten

2021
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-7920-9 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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

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

Erscheinungsdatum	17.05.2021
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 218 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4985-7920-5 / 1498579205
ISBN-13	978-1-4985-7920-9 / 9781498579209
Zustand	Neuware