Robert W. Heimburger

God and the Illegal Alien (eBook, PDF)

United States Immigration Law and a Theology of Politics

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Today in the United States, millions of men, women, and children are considered 'illegal aliens' under federal law. While the presence of these migrants runs against the law, many arrive in response to US demand for cheap labor and stay to contribute to community life. This book asks where migrants stand within God's world and how authorities can govern immigration with Christian ethics. The author tracks the emergence of the concept of the illegal alien in federal US law while exploring Christian ways of understanding belonging, government, and relationships with neighbors. This is a thought-provoking book that provides a fresh response to the difficult issue of illegal immigration in the United States through the context of Christian theology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316821268
• Artikelnr.: 50218400

Autorenporträt

Robert W. Heimburger is Associate Chaplain with the Oxford Pastorate, Associate Researcher at the Fundación Universitaria Seminario Bíblico de Colombia, and Editor of IFES Word and World.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I. The Immigrant as Alien: 1. How the alien emerged:
allegiance, English law, and federal immigration law; 2. Coming near to
distant neighbors in God's world; Part II. The Alien as Unlawfully Present:
3. How aliens became illegal: sovereignty, Chinese migration, and federal
immigration law; 4. The humble guard: governing immigration under God; Part
III. An Unlawfully Present Alien from a Neighboring Country?: 5. How
nationals of neighboring countries became illegal aliens:
non-discrimination, Mexican migration, and federal immigration law; 6.
Justice and mercy among neighbors; Conclusion.