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Immigration, Refugees, and Faith Traditions

Is the Movement of Refugees and Immigrants a Threat or an Opportunity? Why?
Europe in the 21st century has witnessed the great migration of refugees from violence in the Middle East and north Africa, and the United States continues to wrestle with how to deal with immigrants from south and central America.

National borders, cultural stability, labor demands, and pure human suffering all come together in a great Gordian knot. Brexit is, in part, a result of these concerns.

What does your faith perspective teach you about refugees? How do your politics and your religious convictions come together to inform policy and shape your attitude?

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My States of Living: An Immigrant Speaks Out

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Refugee Policies for the Common Good

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Calvin's Refugees: Remembering Christ as Fugitive

The influx of refugees today is both threat and...

Turning Enemies Into Friends: Immigrants and Refugees

Who really is a hero? It is the person who turns his enemy...

Paradise, Disturbed: The Torah on Strangers

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The Use and Abuse of the Bible in the Immigration Debate

The problem is that many make a simplistic correlation...

Refugees and the Right to Basic Goods

We should see human beings as ends and never as means. The...

Affirming Life by Affirming the Stranger in Our Midst

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Entangled Injustices: Refugees, Water, Human Trafficking

Migrants and refugees are at exceptional risk; their legal...

Refugee Distress: Do We Think We’re Immune to Suffering?

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Humanism and “The Other”

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