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245 0 0 _aGod's people on the move :
_bBiblical and global perspectives on migration and mission /
_cedited by vanThanh Nguyen and John M. Prior.
264 1 _aEugene, Oregon :
_bPickwick Publications,
_c[2014]
264 4 _c©2014
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index.
520 _aBecause 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.
505 0 _aBiblical 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.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 13, 2015).
650 0 _aChurch work with immigrants.
650 0 _aEmigration and immigration
_xReligious aspects
_xChristianity.
650 0 _aGlobalization
_xReligious aspects
_xChristianity.
650 0 _aMissions
_xHistory
_y21st century.
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655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aNguyen, VanThanh,
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700 1 _aPrior, John,
_d1951-
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