Immigrant Neighbors Among Us: Immigration Across Theological Traditions

How do different Christian denominations in the United States approach immigration issues? In Immigrant Neighbors among Us U.S. Hispanic scholars creatively mine the resources of their theological traditions to reflect on one of the most controversial issues of our day. Representative theologians from Roman Catholic Lutheran Reformed Methodist/Wesleyan Pentecostal and Independent Evangelical church families show how biblical narratives historical events systematic frameworks ethical principles and models of ministry shape their traditions perspectives on immigrant neighbors law and reform. Each chapter provides questions for dialogue. A superb collection of chapters addressing immigration from the theological ethical and pastoral perspectives of most of the main ecclesial traditions present among U.S. Latinas/os today. Highly recommended for those seeking a serious informed and more sensible understanding of immigration. --Orlando O. Espin Professor of Systematic Theology University of San Diego This book is a splendid rejoinder to the critique that Latino/a theology has not developed a full-fledged theology of migration. Digging deep into Latino/a experiences of migration and the theological resources of six different Christian communities the contributors offer rich and challenging reflections on migration . . . I most strongly recommend this book to church leaders those ministering with and for Latino/a migrants and activists working for the reform of law and public policies regarding migration. --Peter C. Phan Ignacio Ellacuria Chair of Catholic Social Thought Georgetown University M. Daniel Carroll R. is Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at Denver Seminary Denver Colorado and adjunct professor at El Seminario Teologico Centroamericano Guatemala City Guatemala. He is the author of Christians at the Border: Immigration the Church and the Bible (2013). Leopoldo A. Sanchez M. is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary St. Louis Missouri where he holds the Werner R.H. and Elizabeth Ringger Krause Chair for Hispanic Ministries and is Director of the Center for Hispanic Studies. He is the author of Receiver Bearer and Giver of Gods Spirit: Jesus Life in the Spirit as a Lens for Theology and Life (2015).