Faith, An Alien and Narrow Path of Christian Ethics in Migration

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" Faith, An Alien and Narrow Path of Christian Ethics in Migration "
Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1067021
Doc. No	:	LA110650
Call No	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341303‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
Title & Author	:	Faith, An Alien and Narrow Path of Christian Ethics in Migration [Article]\ Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Exchange
Date	:	2014
Volume/ Issue Number	:	43/1
Page No	:	68–88
Abstract	:	The rise of African immigrant communities in the diaspora, especially in Europe and North America, have contributed significantly to the renewal of Christian presence in those contexts. There are significant numbers of the membership of African immigrant congregations who are economic migrants and whose immigration statuses have not been regularized. The average undocumented migrant lives a very difficult life due to the inability to provide authentic papers for work. This affects the lives of immigrants in several ways, including access to healthcare and education for children. In those circumstances the temptation to survive by assuming false identities is very strong. The mission of immigrant churches includes the provision of ‘protection’ for their vulnerable members who need to survive a physically precarious diaspora. That African immigrants often reinterpret their problems in terms of attacks from supernatural forces and envious witches at ‘home’ in Africa informs the approach of the leadership to care and counselling. This paper proposes to identify the pastoral problems of African immigrant Christians within the context of situation ethics and how the inability to regularize their stay in Europe and North America affects Christian morality and mission in ‘alien lands’. The rise of African immigrant communities in the diaspora, especially in Europe and North America, have contributed significantly to the renewal of Christian presence in those contexts. There are significant numbers of the membership of African immigrant congregations who are economic migrants and whose immigration statuses have not been regularized. The average undocumented migrant lives a very difficult life due to the inability to provide authentic papers for work. This affects the lives of immigrants in several ways, including access to healthcare and education for children. In those circumstances the temptation to survive by assuming false identities is very strong. The mission of immigrant churches includes the provision of ‘protection’ for their vulnerable members who need to survive a physically precarious diaspora. That African immigrants often reinterpret their problems in terms of attacks from supernatural forces and envious witches at ‘home’ in Africa informs the approach of the leadership to care and counselling. This paper proposes to identify the pastoral problems of African immigrant Christians within the context of situation ethics and how the inability to regularize their stay in Europe and North America affects Christian morality and mission in ‘alien lands’.
Descriptor	:	diaspora
Descriptor	:	ethics
Descriptor	:	gospel
Descriptor	:	migration
Descriptor	:	morality
Descriptor	:	pentecostalism
Descriptor	:	prosperity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341303‬