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Kinship Across Borders : a Christian Ethic of Immigration.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Moral traditions seriesPublication details: Washington : Georgetown University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (209 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781589019317
  • 1589019318
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Kinship Across Borders : A Christian Ethic of Immigration.DDC classification:
  • 261.832 261.836
LOC classification:
  • JV6483 .H47 2012
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Christian Anthropology and the De-humanization of Immigrants; Chapter Two: Social Sin and Inhospitality to Immigrants; Chapter Three: Domestic Church and Threats Facing Immigrant Families; Chapter Four: Global Solidarity and the Immigration Paradigm; Chapter Five: Civic Kinship and Subversive Hospitality: A Christian Immigration Ethic; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z.
Summary: The failure of current immigration policies in the United States has resulted in dire consequences: a significant increase in border deaths, a proliferation of smuggling networks, prolonged family separation, inhumane raids, a patchwork of local ordinances criminalizing activities of immigrants and those who harbor them, and the creation of an underclass?none of which are appropriate or just outcomes for those holding Christian commitments. Kinship Across Borders analyzes contemporary US immigration in the context of fundamental Christian beliefs about the human person, sin, family life, and g.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)502640

Print version record.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Christian Anthropology and the De-humanization of Immigrants; Chapter Two: Social Sin and Inhospitality to Immigrants; Chapter Three: Domestic Church and Threats Facing Immigrant Families; Chapter Four: Global Solidarity and the Immigration Paradigm; Chapter Five: Civic Kinship and Subversive Hospitality: A Christian Immigration Ethic; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z.

The failure of current immigration policies in the United States has resulted in dire consequences: a significant increase in border deaths, a proliferation of smuggling networks, prolonged family separation, inhumane raids, a patchwork of local ordinances criminalizing activities of immigrants and those who harbor them, and the creation of an underclass?none of which are appropriate or just outcomes for those holding Christian commitments. Kinship Across Borders analyzes contemporary US immigration in the context of fundamental Christian beliefs about the human person, sin, family life, and g.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.