The U.S. Immigration Crisis: Toward an Ethics of Place (Cascade Companions)

by Miguel A. De La Torre

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2016

Overview

The current immigration crisis on our southern borders is usually debated from a safe distance. Politicians create a fear of the migrant to garner votes, while academicians pontificate on the topic from the comfort of cushy armchairs. What would happen if instead the issue were explored with one’s feet on the ground--what the author calls an “ethics of place”? As an organic intellectual, De La Torre writes while physically standing in solidarity with migrants who are crossing borders and the humanitarian organizations that accompany them in their journey. He painstakingly captures their stories, testimonies, and actions, which become the foundation for theological and ethical analysis. From this vantage point, the book constructs a liberative ethics based on what those disenfranchised by our current immigration policies are saying and doing in the hopes of not just raising consciousness, but also crafting possibilities for participatory praxis.

Key Features

• Explores migrants who are crossing borders and the humanitarian organizations.
• Captures migrants stories, testimonies, and actions for theological and ethical analysis.
• Crafts possibilities for participatory praxis.

Praise for the Print Edition

Miguel’s introduction on an ethics of place will surely set academia’s hair on fire. He then eloquently practices what he preaches by inviting the reader into all those places where migrants are suffering--and dying--and struggling for liberation. When anyone asks me about ‘the problem of immigration’ now, I will hand them this compelling book. Be Presente!

--John Fife, Cofounder of the Sanctuary Movement

Hard-hitting and challenging, The U.S. Immigration Crisis exposes the dark side of current immigration realities. De La Torre puts a human face on biting policy critique by taking his readers to several conflictive places so that they might see the injustices and hear the undocumented tell their tragic stories. This is no neutral analysis, but rather an impassioned effort to redefine the national debate.

--M. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas), Blanchard Chair in Old Testament at Wheaton College

As it looks at migration from the ground floor, this richly descriptive work not only gives us more information about migration but a new imagination, one rooted in the dignity of each person and the call to human solidarity.

--Daniel G. Groody, University of Notre Dame

Product Details

• Title: The U.S. Immigration Crisis: Toward an Ethics of Place
• Author: Miguel A. De La Torre
• Series: Cascade Companions
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Pages: 196
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• ISBNs: 9781498223690, 1498223699
• Resource ID: LLS:SMMGRTNCTHCSPLC
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-11-28T22:45:42Z

About Miguel A. De La Torre

Miguel A. De La Torre is associate professor of social ethics at Iliff School of Theology in Denver. He is the author of several books, including The Quest for the Historical Satan, Social Justice from a Latino/a Perspective, Liberating Jonah: Forming an Ethics of Reconciliation, and Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins. He is president of the Society for Christian Ethics and a board member of the American Academy of Religion. He is also the editor of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion.