migration
R.M.N. is a kaleidoscopic allegory of all of Western civilization
Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu takes a hammer to true-to-life events and then puts the pieces back together again.
The White Iowans and Latino and African migrants of the meatpacking industry
Kristy Nabhan-Warren’s ethnographic study complicates familiar views of the Corn Belt.
by Rob Kraft
Take & Read: Global Christianity
Five new books about the lives and faith of Christians around the world
selected by Philip Jenkins
For Haitian migrants, temporary protected status is not enough
TPS is a short-term solution to an enduring problem rooted in centuries of Haitian history.
When Mennonites were settlers
John Eicher’s history exposes European Mennonite complicity in Native dispossession.
Why are we calling the predictable seasonal shift at our border a surge?
Pretending we don't expect something gets us off the hook for not being prepared.
A US son of Salvadoran parents explores his complex identity
Roberto Lovato’s harrowing memoir is a process of personal and collective unveiling.
In the black Atlantic region, religious identity is formed by routes rather than roots
Faith shaped by migration, diaspora, and slavery
Immigration and the biblical law of the stranger
In Torah, the stranger appears as a guest to be welcomed, not a problem to be solved.
Abraham broke the law, crossing borders and trafficking his wife
Why do we forgive him so much more easily than migrants today?
The caravan is an exodus
The migrants have bigger concerns than U.S. policy. They know the terrors they are fleeing.
What is the Christian century?
The unexpected Christian century has produced a global body of Christ that challenges as well as enriches Christians.
by Jesse Zink
Fear and trauma in immigration policy
U.S. immigration policy has long used the imposition of trauma and the dynamics of fear as weapons.
by Amy Frykholm
Do Christian refugees matter more?
Shortly after the terrorist attacks in Paris in mid-November, Texas senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz set off a flurry of controversy when he announced that he believed the federal government should bar Muslim refugees fleeing violence and civil war in Syria from resettling in the United States. He stated on Fox News, “on the other hand, Christians who are being targeted for genocide, for persecution, Christians who are being beheaded or crucified, we should be providing safe haven to them.”
After President Obama described these sentiments as “shameful” and “un-American,” Cruz doubled down.
Is family detention about to end?
A federal judge ruled recently that the three U.S. detention centers currently holding more than 2,000 women and children seeking asylum from Central America have three choices:
- Release just the children, leaving their mothers incarcerated.
- Entirely reform the detention center environment so that it’s not longer like a prison.
- Release everyone.
By Amy Frykholm
Jesus Was a Migrant, by Deirdre Cornell, and Border Patrol Nation, by Todd Miller
Two new books on immigration complement each other well. And where Todd Miller’s falls short, Deirdre Cornell’s shines most brightly.
reviewed by L. Elaine Hall
Sects without tradition
The story of Pentecostalism and social change is now familiar. What's surprising is how closely it echoes trends in modern Islam.