03615cam a2200529Ii 4500 ocn907065719 OCoLC 20200709060322.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 150410t20142014oru ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T N$T 9781630877514 electronic bk. 1630877514 electronic bk. 9781625640796 (OCoLC)907065719 942938 (N$T) BR115 .G59 G67 2014eb REL 012110 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh 261.836 GODS 23 N$TA God's people on the move : Biblical and global perspectives on migration and mission / edited by vanThanh Nguyen and John M. Prior. Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index. Because of growing inequalities of wealth caused by unregulated economic globalization, political and ethnic conflicts, environmental degradation, instant communication, and viable means of transportation, more and more people are migrating than ever before. No countries or regions are immune from this reality. This collection of essays seeks to develop appropriate biblical and missiological responses to the issue of human migration and dislocation. Biblical perspectives on migration and mission. Abraham on the move: the outpouring of God's blessing through a migrant / Sarita D. Gallagher ; Israel's ancestors as germin: a lesson of biblical hospitality / Timothy A. Lenchak, SVD ; Coming to Gath: migration as mission among the Philistines / Robert L. Gallagher ; Jesus' migrations and liminal withdrawals in Matthew / Paul Hertig ; Migrants as missionaries: the case of Priscilla and Aquila / vanThanh Nguyen ; Paul and Barnabas in Lystra: lessons for crossing cultural boundaries in ministry / Amy C. West -- Contemporary issues of migration and mission. Undocumented workers in the U.S.: a challenge from the Good Samaritan / Timothy A. Lenchak, SVD ; Mission in an urban culture of displacement: a missional theology of place for the North American church / Craig S. Hendrickson ; Migrancy, exile, mission: missional readings of exilic texts in Francophone migrant churches in Pretoria / Philemon G. Beghela ; "Failed" migrants return: a transforming word from the Book of Ruth / John Mansford Prior ; Reading Acts missionally in a city of migrants / George M. Wieland ; Current trends of migration in Asia: prospects and challenges / vanThanh Nguyen. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 13, 2015). Church work with immigrants. Emigration and immigration Religious aspects Christianity. Globalization Religious aspects Christianity. Missions History 21st century. RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh Electronic books. Nguyen, VanThanh, 1965- editor. Prior, John, 1951- editor. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=942938 EBSCOhost EBSC 942938 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 55970 55970