02883ctm a22003735i 4500 18585714 OSt 20250804091307.0 ta 200103s2015 ne b 001 0 eng 2015939380 9789004298545 (paperback) : EUR 37.50 9789004297975 DLC eng rda DLC DLC MLCM 2018/41984 (B) 201.7628 Mig 2015 Migration as a sign of the times / edited by Judith Gruber, Sigrid Rettenbacher. Brill Academic Pub, ; Boston:., c2015. Leiden : Koninklijke Brill NV 2015 198 pages ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Currents of Encounter, 0923-6201 ; Book 52 "Migration as a Sign of the times, Towards a Thelogy of Migration"--Cover. Minimal Level Cataloging Plus.. DLC Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Migrations are contested sites of identity negotiations: they are not simply a process of border crossings but more so of border shiftings. Rather than allowing migrants to swiftly move across stable borders from one clearly defined identity to another, migrations question and renegotiate these very identities. Migrations undermine and re-establish borders along which the identity of migrants (and also that of the supposedly settled population) are constituted, and, as a discourse, migrations serve as a contested site of negotiating identities. Migrations reveal the negotiable character of identities - and representations of migration are themselves a hotspot in contemporary identity constructions. What can theology contribute to the negotiations on migration? The contributions of this volume work towards a reading of migration as a sign of the times. Together, they offer "steps towards a theology of migration." They show that migration calls for a new way of doing. A theology that is exposed to migration as a sign of the times is drwan into the shifting, unsettling, and undermining of borders. This has impact not only on the discourse of migration, but also on the discourse of theology: it calls theology to move away from its search for well-established definitions (literally: borders) of its God-talk and to venture into new, uncharted territory. It loses its fixed, clearly defined grounds and finds itself on the way toward a renegotiation of what it means to believe in, celebrate, and reflect on YHWH - on God who is with us on the way. Emigration and immigration Religious aspects Christianity. Gruber, Judith. 7 cbc orignew 4 ncip 20 y-gencatlg BK ddc 11100 11100 0 0 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 201.7628 Mig 2015 20652 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-09 BK