Part 1. The gathering narratives: the human face of migration. Introduction: A theology of migration -- Migration and the human story -- Part 2. The biblical narratives: migration and the Christian scriptures. The first reading: the Old Testament and migration -- The responsorial Psalm: the inner landscape of the refugee journey -- The second reading: the early church and migration -- The gospel reading: the divine migration -- The word in movement: transforming migration narratives -- Part 3. The eucharistic narratives: migration and the body of Christ. The bodies of refugees and the body of Christ -- Part 4. The mission narratives: migration and mercy. The body of Christ as bread for the world -- Conclusion: "Go in peace": a sacramental vision of migration.
Summary:
This book is a systematic theology of migration that seeks to reframe the operative political, social and cultural narratives through a Eucharistic narrative. The heart of it revolves around the outer journey of migrants, the inner journey of faith, and the divine journey into our world. Drawing on accounts of migrants and refugees around the globe, the book explores the relationship between faith and justice, theology and migration, and Christian spirituality and the challenges of the modern world. From a theological perspective, it is about the God who first migrated to our world in the Incarnation and the God who calls people to migrate back to our spiritual homeland as citizens of the Kingdom. It explores the body of Christ as encountered inside of a church building in the sacrament of the Eucharist and the body of Christ as encountered outside of it in the least and the last of our world today (Mt. 25:31-46). In the context of the global migration and refugee crisis, it examines ways the divine and human intermingle on our earthly pilgrimage and transform us into the image and likeness of God to become bread for the world through the works of mercy.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.