Christianity and Migration

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Christianity and Migration is written by Peter C. Phan and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0190082275 (ISBN 10) and 9780190082277 (ISBN 13).

"This book essays a (not the) Christian theology of migration. The phenomenon of human migration, that is, the movement of people to and settlement-temporary or permanent-in a new area or country, its causes and reasons, and its historical, anthropological, social, political, legal, and cultural dimensions have been widely studied and reasonably well understood, and the next chapter will discuss them in detail. By contrast, theology as an academic discipline seems least capable of illuminating this human phenomenon. It appears to most people outside the church and its educational institutions to be at best an esoteric subject and at worst a convoluted and useless mumbo-jumbo, especially when liberally sprinkled with Greek and Latin phrases. Why not leave the study of migration to scholars in history, sociology, anthropology, economics, politics, and law, who, albeit no less infected with highfalutin language than theologians, do at least try to offer practical policies and effective strategies, either for or against immigration?"-- Provided by publisher.