Temporality, Dispossession and the Search for the Good: Interpreting the Book of Jeremiah with the Jesuit Refugee Service
This article explores potential connections between the experience of contemporary forced migrants subject to destitution and detention policies in the UK and readings of the biblical text, including the Book of Jeremiah. Drawing from fieldwork interviews conducted in London, it notes the significan...
| Subtitles: | "Special issue: Forced migration, political power and the Book of Jeremiah" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2018]
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| In: |
Political theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Issue: 6, Pages: 517-536 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
London
/ Refugee
/ Detention
/ Helplessness
/ Jeremiah
/ Spirituality
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality HB Old Testament KBF British Isles NCC Social ethics ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
Forced Migration
B Jeremiah B Destitution B Jesuit Refugee Service B Immigration detention B Simone Weil B Temporality |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | This article explores potential connections between the experience of contemporary forced migrants subject to destitution and detention policies in the UK and readings of the biblical text, including the Book of Jeremiah. Drawing from fieldwork interviews conducted in London, it notes the significance of Jeremiah 29 to and its interpretation by interviewees. In dialogue with other articles in this volume and based on the insights of those interviewed for this project, the article considers the figure of Jeremiah as a critical figure in debate about forced migration and the Book of Jeremiah. It concludes with a proposal for connecting the narratives of contemporary forced migrants, readings of the text of Jeremiah, and the work of Simone Weil. |
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| Item Description: | Das gedruckte Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen: "Volume 19 Numbers 5-6 August-September 2018" |
| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2018.1502908 |