Refugee Stories

Ruth Cassidy

ISBN 10: 384844111X / ISBN 13: 9783848441112

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Apr 2012, 2012

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In this qualitative research, Ruth collects the life stories of seven Christian refugees living in Toronto, Canada, with the goal of understanding the influence of migration and resettlement on their identity and missional fervour. She compares and contrasts their experiences with biblical refugees using the theories of missio Dei and pilgrim social games as hermeneutical integrating ideas. Each life story leads beyond the meaning of the story in itself to a greater meaning found in Scripture that is rooted in the missio Dei and a pilgrim identity. Ruth uses Charles Taylor's political theories of Recognition and Difference as a foundation on which to build a change strategy that has the potential to restore dignity and wholeness to refugees and by extension, to build a better society that successfully integrates newcomers. 164 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Refugee Stories
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Apr 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 384844111X
• ISBN 13: 9783848441112
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 10D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 262 grams

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Synopsis

In this qualitative research, Ruth collects the life stories of seven Christian refugees living in Toronto, Canada, with the goal of understanding the influence of migration and resettlement on their identity and missional fervour. She compares and contrasts their experiences with biblical refugees using the theories of missio Dei and pilgrim social games as hermeneutical integrating ideas. Each life story leads beyond the meaning of the story in itself to a greater meaning found in Scripture that is rooted in the missio Dei and a pilgrim identity. Ruth uses Charles Taylor's political theories of Recognition and Difference as a foundation on which to build a change strategy that has the potential to restore dignity and wholeness to refugees and by extension, to build a better society that successfully integrates newcomers.

About the Author

Ruth Cassidy, Doctor of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, California. Ruth is a co-founder of Micah House Refugee Shelter and works at the Intercultural Ministries Centre at Tyndale University, Toronto. She does itinerate teaching on refugee issues, cultural and religious sensitivity and diaspora missiology.