Religious and Ethical Perspectives on Global Migration examines the complicated social ethics of migration in today's world. Editors Elizabeth W. Collier and Charles R. Strain bring the perspectives of an international group of scholars toward a theory of justice and ethical understanding for the nearly two hundred million migrants who have left their homes seeking asylum from political persecution, greater freedom and safety, economic opportunity, or reunion with family members. Migrants move out of fear, desperation, hope, love for their families, or a myriad of other complex motivations. Faced with both the needs and flows of people and the walls that impede them, what actions ought we, both individually and collectively, take? What is the moral responsibility of those of us, in particular, who reside comfortably in our native lands? There is no univocal response to these questions. Instead multiple perspectives on migration must be examined. This book begins by looking at different geographic regions around the world and highlighting particular issues within each. Finding that religious traditions represent the strongest countervailing sources of values to the homogenizing tendencies of economic globalization, the study then offers a plurality of religious perspectives The final chapters examine the salient issues and the proposed solutions that have emerged specifically within the U.S. context. These studies range from militarization of the U.S. border with Mexico to the impact of migrants on native-born low-skilled workers. Encompassing a wide range of cultural and scholarly voices, Religious and Ethical Perspectives on Global Migration provides insight for ethics, moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, religious studies, social justice, globalization, and identity formation.
Part 1: Migration and Globalization 1: Double Threat? Unauthorized Migration as a Global Phenomenon - Marie T. Friedmann Marquardt 2: The Moral Economy of Labor Mobility: Migration and the Global Workforce - Gemma Tulud Cruz 3: Root Causes of Forced Migration in Africa - Ogenga Otunnu 4: Migration in a Post-Colonial World - Marianne Heimbach-Steins 5: International Law and Forced Migration: The UN and NGOs' Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking and Protect Refugees and Labor Immigrant Rights - Marco Tavanti Part 2: religious and Ethical Perspectives on Justice for Migrants 6: Loving the Stranger and the Moral Myopia at Agriprocessors - Moses Pava 7: And They Fled into Egypt: Migration in Light of Scripture and Catholic Social Teaching - Elizabeth Collier 8: Islam and Immigration - Azam Nizamuddin 9: The Migrant, My Mother: Buddhist Ethical Perspectives on Migration - Charles R. Strain 10: Ethical Reflections on Childhood Migration - Frida Kerner Furman Part 3: Migration: Ethical Issues in the U.S. Context 11: Arguing About Immigration: The Claims of Restrictionists and Non-Restrictionists - Elizabeth Collier 12: From the Sanctuary Movement to No More Deaths: The Challenge to Communities of Faith - Reverend John Fife 13: No More Deaths: Border Enforcement and Moral Devolution - Charles R. Strain 14: On the Just Treatment of Immigrant Workers - Kim Bobo 15: Immigrants and Refugees Held in Detention - Sioban Albiol 16: Immigration Reform: What Can Religious Voices Require of the State? - Reverend Craig Mousin
