Description: Christianity and Migration presents a Christian theology of migration. The first part discusses the nature and method of Christian theology, human mobility as a permanent feature of Human existence, the categories of migrants and types of migration, and the intrinsic relations between migration and religion, especially Christianity. The second part presents a new theology of God: God the Father is the Primordial Migrant, God the Son the Paradigmatic Migrant, and God the Holy Spirit the Personal Power of Migration.
Review Quotes: "Peter Phan's work here is ambitious and sweeping, pushing the boundaries of both migration studies and theological scholarship at the developing edge where they overlap. By pulling from lines of thought as varied as historical narrative, sociological anasilsy, and moral theology, the book offers a compelling understanding of how migration is both a cause and effect of religious transformation in individuals and societies." -- Shane Liesegang, SJ, Asia Pacifific Mission Studies