Migration as a sign of the times
Migrations are contested sites of identity negotiations: they are not simply a process of border crossings but more so of border shiftings. Rather than allowing migrants to swiftly move across stable borders from one clearly defined identity to another, migrations question and renegotiate these very...
| Published in: | Currents of encounter |
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| Subtitles: | "towards a theology of migration" Towards a theology of migration |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill Rodopi
[2015]
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Currents of encounter (volume 52)
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| Series/Journal: | Currents of encounter
volume 52 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Migration
/ Theology
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| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Congress B Salzburg <2012> B Conference program 2012 (Salzburg) B Migration B Emigration and immigration Religious aspects Christianity |
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| Summary: | Migrations are contested sites of identity negotiations: they are not simply a process of border crossings but more so of border shiftings. Rather than allowing migrants to swiftly move across stable borders from one clearly defined identity to another, migrations question and renegotiate these very identities. Migrations undermine and re-establish borders along which the identity of migrants (and also that of the supposedly settled population) are constituted, and, as a discourse, migrations serve as a contested site of negotiating identities. Migrations reveal the negotiable character of identities - and representations of migration are themselves a hotspot in contemporary identity constructions. What can theology contribute to the negotiations on migration? The contributions of this volume work towards a reading of migration as a sign of the times. Together, they offer "steps towards a theology of migration." They show that migration calls for a new way of doing. A theology that is exposed to migration as a sign of the times is drwan into the shifting, unsettling, and undermining of borders. This has impact not only on the discourse of migration, but also on the discourse of theology: it calls theology to move away from its search for well-established definitions (literally: borders) of its God-talk and to venture into new, uncharted territory. It loses its fixed, clearly defined grounds and finds itself on the way toward a renegotiation of what it means to believe in, celebrate, and reflect on YHWH - on God who is with us on the way |
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| Item Description: | Aus dem Vorwort: Conference on "Migration as a Sign of the Times: Perspectives from Social Sciences and Theology" (12-14 April 2012) ... at the University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004298541 |