Christianities in Migration

Christianities in Migration journeys through continents, regions, nations, and villages, in order for the multiple stories of migrants to serve as theological reflection of diverse forms of indigenization of Christianity. It seeks to provide a Christian and theological response to the present trends of globalization and migration.

This book migrates through continents, regions, nations, and villages, in order to tell the stories of diverse kinds of nomadic dwellers. It departs from Africa, en routes itself toward Asia, Oceania, Europe, and culminates in the Americas, with the territories of Latin America, Canada, and the United States. The volume travels through worn out pathways of migration that continue to be threaded upon today, and theologically reflects on a wide range of migratory aims that result also in diverse forms of indigenization of Christianity. Among the main issues being considered are: How have globalization and migration affected the theological self-understanding of Christianity? In light of globalization and migration, how is the evangelizing mission of Christianity to be understood and carried out? What ecclesiastical reforms if any are required to enable the church to meet present-day challenges?

Introduction; Elaine Padilla and Peter C. Phan
1. Christianity as an Institutional Migrant: Historical, Theological, and Ethical Perspectives; Peter C. Phan
2. 'Singing the Song of the Lord on Foreign Soil': What the Early Centuries Tell Us about the Migrant Factor in the Making of Global Christianity; Jehu J. Hanciles
3. 'Dislodgings and Reformation: Expanding Christianity in Africa and in the Diaspora; Elias K. Bongmba and Akintunde E. Akinade
4. Intercultural Church: A Challenge in the Asian Migrant Context; Agnes M. Brazal and Emmanuel S. de Guzman
5. Emerging Christianities in Japan: A Comparative Analysis of Brazilian and Filipino Migrant Churches; Kanan Kitani
6. Migration and mission routes/roots in Oceania; Jione Havea
7. Graced by Migration: An Australian Perspective; Patricia Madigan, OP
8. Re-Imagining Boundaries in Europe: Migrant Utopias and Theological Eschatology; Michael Nausner
9. Migration, Pastoral Action and Latin America; Ana Maria and Gabriel Bidegain Greising
10. Migration and Theology in a Canadian Context; Thomas E. Reynolds
11. Faces of Migration: U.S. Christianity in the Twenty-First Century; Susanna Snyder
12. Religion, Environmental Racism, and Migrations of Black Body and Soul; James S. Logan
13. Latino Migrations and the Transformation of Religion in the United States: Framing the Question; Allan Figueroa Deck, SJ
14. Transnational Religious Networks: From Africa to America and back to Africa; Moses O. Biney
15. The End of Christianity; Elaine Padilla