Exodus narratives, exilic displacement, and a refugee Messiah…
As the number of desperate individuals forced to leave their homes exceeds fifty million for the first time since the Second World War, the political, legal, and humanitarian challenges raised by the situation of refugees and asylum-seekers are amongst the most significant and complex in our world today. Refugee camps are overflowing, the Mediterranean has become a huge cemetery, and, from the US to Ukraine, walls and borders are being reinforced not to protect, but to exclude.
You Shall Love the Stranger as Yourself addresses these complex political, legal, and humanitarian challenges raised by asylum-seekers and refugees from a Biblical perspective. The book explores the themes of humanity and justice through exegesis of relevant passages in the Old and New Testaments, skillfully woven into accounts of contemporary refugee situations and crises.
This work offers an impressively measured, yet prophetically stirring, analysis of how these modern crises call on Western Christians to re-engage Biblical themes of displacement, treatment of the stranger, and even the central Biblical stories of Exodus refugees, exilic displacement, and a refugee Messiah. You Shall Love the Stranger as Yourself is a striking example of informed Biblical analysis fueled by an equally informed indignation about the modern suffering of others.
At a time when migration is increasing worldwide and the backlash against outsiders is growing, we need an informed and experienced voice to offer direction. Fleur Houston guides us through the labyrinth of terms and current legislation related to refugees and asylum-seekers to expose the crushing obstacles these individuals face as they look for a safe haven. More importantly, the author connects these issues to the Bible and Christian faith and identity. Learned and compelling, You Shall Love the Stranger as Yourself is an important contribution to current debates.
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