Longing for Home : Forced Displacement and Postures of Hospitality

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holton, M. Jan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forced migration--Social aspects.

Forced migration.

Refugees--Social conditions.

Refugees.

Group identity.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.

Summary:

What is it about the concept of 'home' that makes its loss so profound and devastating, and how should the trauma of exile and alienation be approached theologically? M. Jan Holton examines the psychological, social and theological impact of forced displacement on communities in the Congo and South Sudan and on indigenous Batwa tribespersons in Uganda, as well as on homeless U.S. citizens and on U.S. soldiers returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One: Notions of Home; Two: Leaning into God; Three: Crisis and Forced Displacement; Four: Breathing Home; Five: Fleeing Conflict and Disaster; Six: War and Home-No Safe Place; Seven: Chronic Displacement and Persons without Home; Eight: Postures of Hospitality; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 8, 2016).

ISBN:

0-300-22079-0

OCLC:

950613561