Robert W. Heimburger

God and the Illegal Alien

United States Immigration Law and a Theology of Politics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Millions of men, women, and children who enter the United States unlawfully are deemed 'illegal aliens' under United States immigration law. Where do these migrants stand within Christian ethics? This book explains the rise of the illegal alien and responds to the law through a theological account of politics.

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Produktdetails

• Law and Christianity
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 163mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9781107176621
• ISBN-10: 110717662X
• Artikelnr.: 48808094

Autorenporträt

Robert W. Heimburger is Associate Chaplain with the Oxford Pastorate, Associate Researcher at the Fundación Universitaria Seminario Bíblico de Colombia, and Editor of IFES Word and World.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I. The Immigrant as Alien: 1. How the alien emerged:
allegiance, English law, and federal immigration law; 2. Coming near to
distant neighbors in God's world; Part II. The Alien as Unlawfully Present:
3. How aliens became illegal: sovereignty, Chinese migration, and federal
immigration law; 4. The humble guard: governing immigration under God; Part
III. An Unlawfully Present Alien from a Neighboring Country?: 5. How
nationals of neighboring countries became illegal aliens:
non-discrimination, Mexican migration, and federal immigration law; 6.
Justice and mercy among neighbors; Conclusion.