Religious identity and cultural negotiation : toward a theology of Christian identity in migration / Jenny McGill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGill, J. (Jenny), author.

Series:

American Society of Missiology monograph series.

American Society of Missiology Monograph Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Emigration and immigration.

Identification (Religion).

Group identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, 2016.

Summary:

Given increasing global migration and the importance of positive cross-cultural relations across national borders, this book offers an interdisciplinary and intercultural exploration of identity formation. It uniquely draws from theology, psychology, and sociology--engaging narrative and identity theories, migration and identity studies, and the theologies of identity and migration-- and builds on them in an unprecedented study of international migrants to construct an initial theology of Christian identity in migration. New sociological research describes the social construction of religious, ethnic, and national identities among non-North American evangelical graduates who entered the United States to pursue advanced academic studies from 1983 to 2013. It provides an intercultural account of Christian identity formation in the context of migration, transnationalism, and globalization. It ultimately argues that an integral component of Christian identity-making involves the concept of migration, of movement, toward a transformation.

Contents:

Part I. Introduction. Background

Precedent literature

Part II. Approaches toward self and identity. Theological contribution of Miroslav Volf

Psychological contribution of Jenny Pak

Theo-ethical contribution of Stanley Hauerwas

A theology of Christian identity

Part III. Sociological research on identity in migration. Research methodology

Field research on identity in migration

Part IV. Toward a theology of Christian identity in migration

Part IV. Toward a theology of Christian identity in migration. Transformation: identity in migration

Applications and conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781498290135

1498290132

OCLC:

964403833