Holton M. Jan
Holton M. Jan - Longing For Home Forced Displacement And Postures Of Hospitality - Hardcover
Holton M. Jan - Longing For Home Forced Displacement And Postures Of Hospitality - Hardcover
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Description: What is it about the concept of home that makes its loss so profound and devastating and how should the trauma of exile and alienation be approached theologically? M. Jan Holton examines the psychological social and theological impact of forced displacement on communities in the Congo and South Sudan and on indigenous Batwa tribespersons in Uganda as well as on homeless U. S. citizens and on U. S. soldiers returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. She draws on ethnographic work in Africa extensive research in practical theology sociology and psychology as well as on professional work and personal experiences in America and abroad. In doing so she explores how forced displacement disrupts one's connection with the home place and the profound characteristics it fosters that can help people lean toward flourishing spiritually and psychologically throughout their lifetime. Displacement invites a social alienation that can become deeply institutionalized threatening the moral well being of us all. Longing For Home offers a frame for understanding how communities can respond to refugees and various homeless populations by cultivating hospitality outside of their own comfort zones. This essential study addresses an urgent interreligious global concern and Holton's thoughtful and compelling work offers a constructive model for a sustained practical response.
Title: Longing For Home Forced Displacement And Postures Of Hospitality
Author(s): Holton M. Jan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Barcode: 9780300207620
Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Date: 6/28/2016
Category: Refugees & Political Asylum
Description: What is it about the concept of home that makes its loss so profound and devastating and how should the trauma of exile and alienation be approached theologically? M. Jan Holton examines the psychological social and theological impact of forced displacement on communities in the Congo and South Sudan and on indigenous Batwa tribespersons in Uganda as well as on homeless U. S. citizens and on U. S. soldiers returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. She draws on ethnographic work in Africa extensive research in practical theology sociology and psychology as well as on professional work and personal experiences in America and abroad. In doing so she explores how forced displacement disrupts one's connection with the home place and the profound characteristics it fosters that can help people lean toward flourishing spiritually and psychologically throughout their lifetime. Displacement invites a social alienation that can become deeply institutionalized threatening the moral well being of us all. Longing For Home offers a frame for understanding how communities can respond to refugees and various homeless populations by cultivating hospitality outside of their own comfort zones. This essential study addresses an urgent interreligious global concern and Holton's thoughtful and compelling work offers a constructive model for a sustained practical response.
Title: Longing For Home Forced Displacement And Postures Of Hospitality
Author(s): Holton M. Jan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Barcode: 9780300207620
Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Date: 6/28/2016
Category: Refugees & Political Asylum
