Immigrants, the Bible, and You

by Amanda W Benckhuysen

Overview

How does Christian faith affect the way we should think about immigration? What does the Bible say about immigrants that can help Christians respond faithfully to current refugee crises? What does it look like to love our migrant neighbors? This book explores biblical perspectives on immigration in order to help Christians reflect theologically on issues related to immigration today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937555467
Publisher:	Calvin College Press
Publication date:	05/22/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	133
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Amanda Benckhuysen is the Johanna K. and Martin J. Wyngaarden Senior Professor in Old Testament Studies at Calvin Theological Seminary. She researches and writes in the area of Old Testament ethics, studying the Bible for how it speaks to the ethical challenges we face today. She recently published The Gospel According to Eve: A History of Women's Interpretation, and has written numerous articles exploring biblical perspectives on immigration, gender, violence, power, and the mission of God. Amanda is an ordained minister in the Christian Reformed Church. Prior to teaching, Amanda served as a campus minister at the University of Michigan. She is the daughter of Dutch immigrants who settled in Canada and now an immigrant herself to the United States.

Editorial Reviews

"A wonderful primer on immigration and the Christian faith and the Bible. Expertly interweaving personal stories and helpful historical and legal data with material from both Testaments, Benckhuysen points the reader to God's heart for the sojourner... and so to the inescapable implications this has for Christian attitudes and actions toward the stranger in our midst. This is a handy and timely tool." -- M. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas), PhD, Blanchard Professor of Old Testament, Wheaton College and Graduate School

"I want every Christian to read this book. It not only offers direct and incisive answers to many of the contemporary hangups about immigration, but it grounds everything in themes and stories from Scripture. If we let it, this small book will deeply shape not only our views, but it will lead us to action. If we took seriously what Dr. Benckhuysen lays out so purposefully, the church would be a decisive voice for change in immigration policy and transform the ways immigrants are treated in our communities. An excellent resource." --Rev. Kate Kooyman

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