Theologies on the Move - Religion, Migration, and Pilgrimage in the World of Neoliberal Capital

Theologies on the Move examines how the experiences of migration and pilgrimage that are created as a result of the pressures of neoliberal capitalism shape theological and religious traditions. Based on these insights, the contributors examine what difference religion can make in a world dominated by the interests of the few rather than the many.

List of contents

1. Reclaiming Theology and Religious Traditions in the Tensions of Neoliberal Globalization: The Challenges of Pilgrimage and Migration Joerg Rieger

Part I: On the Move under the Conditions of Global Capital

2. "Buy Our Bodies and Our Land That We May Live": The Story of the Faceless Migrant Laborers

M.P. Joseph

3.Commoning: Towards an Alternative Pilgrimage of the Economy of Life George Zachariah

4. Pilgrimage of Life: Lessons from the Experience of Forced Migrants and Victims of Human Trafficking Deenabandhu Manchala

5. Faith, Action and Subjectivity: The Social Engagement of Christian Women in South Korea Alice Heo

Part II: On the Move between Identities, Cultures, and Religions

6.Holocaust Theology, the Interfaith Ecumenical Deal, and the Unintended Consequences of Jewish-Christian Pilgrimage: Notes from a Jewish Theology of Liberation Marc Ellis

7. La Morenita: The Ambiguous Identity of Our Lady of Guadalupe Wanda Deifelt

8. The Tortilla Wall and Migration Semantics Eliseo Pérez Álvarez

9.Power of the Power-less? Theological Reflections on Pilgrimage in the Experience of Roman Catholic Latino/a Migrants in the United States Gemma Cruz

10.Towards a Theology of Migration Luis N. Rivera-Pagán

About the author

Joerg Rieger is distinguished professor of theology, the Cal Turner Chancellor's Chair of Wesleyan Studies, and the founding director of the Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice at Vanderbilt University.

Product details

• Authors: Joerg Rieger
• Assisted by: Joerg Rieger (Editor), Rieger Joerg (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781978707108
• ISBN: 978-1-978707-10-8
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Decolonizing Theology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Globalization, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, RELIGION / Theology, Theology, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration