Would Jesus take in refugees? Perhaps it is more helpful to flip that question: would you take Jesus in as a refugee? The relevance of that question lies in the fact that Jesus was a refugee, as he and his family were forced to flee to Egypt to escape violence. Jesus tells us that whatever… Read More Why American Christians Should Support Welcoming Syrian Refugees
When the body of three-year-old Alan Kurdi washed ashore near a Turkish resort, the world was horrified. The image sparked a debate worldwide about countries’ immigration policies and led to a swelling demand to accept Syrian refugees fleeing the Syrian Civil War. The sentiment is clear: Alan should have been allowed to go somewhere safe,… Read More In Defense of the Human Rights of Emigration and Asylum
His picture went viral: Aylan Kurdi’s little body washed ashore. A perfect and awful symbol of our collective failure to protect the people of Syria and respond to the refugee crisis that has taken thousands of innocent lives. These are regular people. Many are fleeing the barrel bombs of a murderous regime. Some are fleeing… Read More The US Should Welcome More Syrian Refugees
The Vatican will shelter two families of refugees, and Pope Francis is calling on every parish and religious community in Europe to join them and take in a refugee family. via AP: “Faced with the tragedy of tens of thousands of refugees who are fleeing death by war and by hunger, and who are on… Read More Pope Francis Calls on Every European Parish to Shelter Refugees
El Salvador. Honduras. Guatemala. Three countries in Central America with increasing, rampant gang violence and homicide. These are also the 3 countries from which the greatest influx of unaccompanied minors are crossing the border, fleeing to the United States. If we look at the graph, it is clear that the increase of unaccompanied children crossing… Read More Crisis on the Border: The Global Refugee Crisis Comes to America
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Economic Inequality: Can Theology Say Something New? by Kate Ward: “In my view, a good deal of advocacy around inequality, including that of religious leaders, avoids one of the more important questions we should be asking: how does inequality affect our moral formation? For many of… Read More Around the Web (Part 2)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie recently visited Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, to meet 11 year old Hala and her five siblings who arrived as orphans from Syria’s war: In June of last year, she spoke with other refugees from Syria. One refugee asked, “Why is no one standing by the Syrian… Read More Angelina Jolie Meets Syria’s Lost Children
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