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Emotions play an eminent role in the current societaland political debates about flight and migration. Framedbyracist and right-wing populist politics,these emotions become threatening factors within the search for solutionso ft he so called refugee-crisis since summer2015. At the same time one can find an overwhelming engagement for refugees in civil society. Thearticle asks for the contribution of practicaltheology in this context. Theimportance of "the joys and the hopes,the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age" (GS 1), the Second Va ticanum givest ot hese moods is the starting point of an interdisciplinary reflection, what could be the practicala nd theoretical benefit of at heologicali ntellectuality asking for ways to transform human emotions into spiritual moods, attitudes and ethics.Byreferring to results of socialscience the author paints amultifaceted picture of the challengesinEurope in the context of flight and migration. Afterwards, she discusses aspects of ab iblical Theology of migration to show how these could offer new perspectives on perceiving the current historicalmoment and also find possibilities to act: How can the anxieties of Europeans be transformed into hope by theological thinking? What are the reasonsfor joys and hopes?And could they have relevancealso for asecular society? ReginaPolak, bornin1967, is Associate Professorfor PracticalTheology at the Catholic Faculty of the University of Vienna. She studied Catholic theology,philosophy and spiritual theology in the interreligious process in Vienna and Salzburg. She is the leader of the network Religion in the Context of Migration and member of the research platform Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society. She has taught at the University of Szeged (Hungary), the JagellonianU niversity in Krakau (Poland), the University of Haifa (Israel) and given lectures at St. JohnsU niversity in New York and Stanford University (USA). Her research foci are religionand migration, transformation of religion in Europe,transformation of the Catholic Church, value research.
Emotions play an eminent role in the current societaland political debates about flight and migration. Framedbyracist and right-wing populist politics,these emotions become threatening factors within the search for solutionso ft he so called refugee-crisis since summer2015. At the same time one can find an overwhelming engagement for refugees in civil society. Thearticle asks for the contribution of practicaltheology in this context. Theimportance of "the joys and the hopes,the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age" (GS 1), the Second Va ticanum givest ot hese moods is the starting point of an interdisciplinary reflection, what could be the practicala nd theoretical benefit of at heologicali ntellectuality asking for ways to transform human emotions into spiritual moods, attitudes and ethics.Byreferring to results of socialscience the author paints amultifaceted picture of the challengesinEurope in the context of flight and migration. Afterwards, she discusses aspects of ab iblical Theology of migration to show how these could offer new perspectives on perceiving the current historicalmoment and also find possibilities to act: How can the anxieties of Europeans be transformed into hope by theological thinking? What are the reasonsfor joys and hopes?And could they have relevancealso for asecular society? ReginaPolak, bornin1967, is Associate Professorfor PracticalTheology at the Catholic Faculty of the University of Vienna. She studied Catholic theology,philosophy and spiritual theology in the interreligious process in Vienna and Salzburg. She is the leader of the network Religion in the Context of Migration and member of the research platform Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society. She has taught at the University of Szeged (Hungary), the JagellonianU niversity in Krakau (Poland), the University of Haifa (Israel) and given lectures at St. JohnsU niversity in New York and Stanford University (USA). Her research foci are religionand migration, transformation of religion in Europe,transformation of the Catholic Church, value research.
Emotions play an eminent role in the current societaland political debates about flight and migration. Framedbyracist and right-wing populist politics,these emotions become threatening factors within the search for solutionso ft he so called refugee-crisis since summer2015. At the same time one can find an overwhelming engagement for refugees in civil society. Thearticle asks for the contribution of practicaltheology in this context. Theimportance of "the joys and the hopes,the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age" (GS 1), the Second Va ticanum givest ot hese moods is the starting point of an interdisciplinary reflection, what could be the practicala nd theoretical benefit of at heologicali ntellectuality asking for ways to transform human emotions into spiritual moods, attitudes and ethics.Byreferring to results of socialscience the author paints amultifaceted picture of the challengesinEurope in the context of flight and migration. Afterwards, she discusses aspects of ab iblical Theology of migration to show how these could offer new perspectives on perceiving the current historicalmoment and also find possibilities to act: How can the anxieties of Europeans be transformed into hope by theological thinking? What are the reasonsfor joys and hopes?And could they have relevancealso for asecular society?ReginaPolak, bornin1967, is Associate Professorfor PracticalTheology at the Catholic Faculty of the University of Vienna. She studied Catholic theology,philosophy and spiritual theology in the interreligious process in Vienna and Salzburg. She is the leader of the network Religion in the Context of Migration and member of the research platform Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society. She has taught at the University of Szeged (Hungary), the JagellonianU niversity in Krakau (Poland), the University of Haifa (Israel) and given lectures at St. JohnsU niversity in New York and Stanford University (USA). Her research foci are religionand migration, transformation of religion in Europe,transformation of the Catholic Church, value research. 252Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY-NC-ND
How many refugees should the German society accept? Which ethical criteria are to be considered in the process of deliberation? Given current ambivalence between principled openness and consequent limitation of migration both in the secular and in the Christian ethical debate, this article develops biblical–theological guidelines for the foundation of a viable migration ethic. Part one reflects on central biblical texts discussing migration and asylum seekers giving attention both to the imperatives to welcome, support and love foreigners and to their warnings against religious apostasy stemming from the acceptance of strangers. Part two poses the hermeneutic question of relevance of biblical theology for a contemporary Christian migration ethic: How can a post-Christian society in a modern pluralistic state benefit from a biblically supported Christian migration ethic? – After working our path through both these levels of discussion, the article delineates selected criteria for a contextually relevant Christian ethic of migration.
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