Beyond Welcome: Centering Immigrants in Our Christian Response to Immigration - Softcover

González

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1587435608 ISBN 13: 9781587435607

Verlag: Brazos Press, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

Challenging many common assumptions, a Guatemalan immigrant and advocate with World Relief examines the racial, social, political, and theological implications of centering immigrants themselves in our advocacy and care.

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Karen González is a writer, speaker, and immigrant advocate who emigrated from Guatemala as a child. She attended Fuller Theological Seminary, where she studied theology and missiology, and she has worked in the nonprofit sector for thirteen years. In addition to her first book, The God Who Sees: Immigrants, The Bible, and the Journey to Belong, González has written for Christianity Today, Christian Century, Sojourners, and the Baltimore Sun. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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"This book needs to be in the hands of those seeking to love immigrants and of immigrant advocates"

Many of us have good intentions, working hard to welcome immigrants with hospitality and solidarity. But how can we do that in a way that empowers our immigrant neighbors rather than pushing them to the fringes of white-dominant culture?

Karen González draws from the Bible and her own experiences to examine why the traditional approach to immigration ministries and activism is at best incomplete and at worst harmful. She advocates putting immigrants in the center of the conversation and helps us recognize ourselves in our immigrant neighbors.

"González brings clarity to how white supremacy and American exceptionalism play a role in our desire to be heroes of good immigrants. This book needs to be in the hands of those seeking to love immigrants and of immigrant advocates."
--Sandra Maria Van Opstal, pastor, author, activist

"An important and compelling work; it provides a road map to help all of us fully live out what it means to love our neighbors as ourselves."
--Rev. Adam Taylor, president of Sojourners; author of A More Perfect Union

"This book is a sacred and necessary gift to the church."
--Kat Armas, host of The Protagonistas podcast; author of Abuelita Faith

"Whether you agree with González's conclusions or not--I usually did, occasionally did not, and in a few cases am still wrestling with what I think, long after reading this poignant book--you will find Beyond Welcome to be challenging, constructive, and helpful."
--Matthew Soerens, US director of church mobilization and advocacy, World Relief; coauthor of Welcoming the Stranger

"We all need to take the challenges in Beyond Welcome seriously, particularly those of us who care about Christian engagement in immigrant ministry."
--Rev. Alexia Salvatierra, academic dean, Centro Latino, Fuller Theological Seminary

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Brazos Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1587435608
• ISBN 13: 9781587435607
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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