Migration, instrumental to accomplishing God’s redemptive purpose to humankind: Perspectives from Ruth and Joshua

Magezi, Christopher

doi:10.4102/ids.v53i1.2462

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“…Biblically speaking, the history of the development of many dioceses in Indonesia is just a continuation of the Acts of the Apostles, where Christian communities were built by Christian migrants. Migrations have thus been seen as an instrument to accomplish God's redemptive purpose (van Thanh 2013, Magezi 2019).…”

Section: Cross-cultural Experience Of Catholic Migrantsmentioning

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Christian Migrants and Their Living Faith in Mission: An Indonesian Perspective

Sudhiarsa

2023

Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission St

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The main problem highlighted in this essay is the challenges being faced by Christian migrants in Indonesia. They are expected to succeed in overcoming the cross-cultural problems within their Christian communities, and externally to take part in building a fellowship beyond their own groups. Indonesia's multireligious and multicultural landscape has suffered in the past few decades from the politics of identity. The Christian migrants have also been affected by this. Whilst they need support in formulating afresh their Christian identity, they also require a broader intercultural mindset. Through observations, focus group discussions and literature reviews, the paper tries to formulate the role Christian migrants can explore in their cross-cultural contexts. The basic position it takes is that the Catholic migrants (a case in this paper) are also agents of mission and that migration is to some extent a process of building bridges among diverse peoples in society. The paper argues that there is a need for the migrants to be equipped with intercultural competencies and interreligious spirituality.

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Section: Cross-cultural Experience Of Catholic Migrantsmentioning

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Christian Migrants and Their Living Faith in Mission: An Indonesian Perspective

Sudhiarsa

2023

Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission St

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Complexities of migration challenges in South Africa and a theological perspective: The Good Samaritan framework

Magezi¹

2021

The Human Dilemma of Displacement: Towards a Practical Theology and Ecclesiology of Home

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Migration to South Africa: A missional reflection of a refugee using Jeremiah 29:4–12 as an interpretive framework

Kabongo

2020

Theologia Viatorum

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This article is an auto-ethnographic reflection on the phenomenon of migration. The latter is on the increase throughout the world. This article focusses on the context of South Africa where there seems to be a negative perception of refugees in communities of poverty. It uses Jeremiah 29:4-12 as an interpretative framework to, on the one hand, analyse the negative perceptions of refugees and, on the other hand, propose ways refugees could be assets to their host communities. The author is part of a missional team that serves in some South African communities of poverty where refugees have experienced a great deal of discrimination. He reflects on his status as a refugee and a mission worker to point out a constructive role a refugee could play in society as a Christian. He refers to this role as good news agency. The article alludes to practical examples where a constructive role in a community has led refugees to be seen as assets to their communities. It concludes by stressing that the negative perception of refugees in South African communities of poverty may be an implicit collective longing local residents have for good news agents around them regardless of their countries of origin.

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Migration, instrumental to accomplishing God’s redemptive purpose to humankind: Perspectives from Ruth and Joshua

Cited by 3 publications

References 18 publications

Christian Migrants and Their Living Faith in Mission: An Indonesian Perspective

Christian Migrants and Their Living Faith in Mission: An Indonesian Perspective

Complexities of migration challenges in South Africa and a theological perspective: The Good Samaritan framework

Migration to South Africa: A missional reflection of a refugee using Jeremiah 29:4–12 as an interpretive framework

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