Results for tag:refugees
The ‘refugee crisis’, religion, and encounters with the divine through the human at Christmas
Date: | 24 December 2016 |
Author: | Religion Factor |
Whether you see it as truth, myth or folklore, the Christmas story is a powerful narrative in contemporary politics in multiple contexts. In the midst of fraught politics around refugees and immigration, refugee advocates often highlight that ‘Jesus was a refugee’, his family being forced to flee to Egypt shortly after his birth to escape King Herod. Yet as well-meaning as this argument is, does this emphasis on Jesus as a ‘refugee’ help to inspire compassion, or does it retain an emphasis on labels and categories that prevent us from seeing fellow human beings? In today’s post Erin K. Wilson and Luca Mavelli explore this and other dimensions of how the Christmas story speaks to the current crisis of humanity that is often referred to as the ‘refugee crisis’. Whatever your beliefs, we wish all our readers a safe, peaceful and joyous holiday season.
Faith and the Asylum Crisis: The role of religion in responding to displacement
Date: | 17 November 2014 |
Author: | Religion Factor |
Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, the DRC. In each of these contexts, and numerous others, complex dynamics around politics, resources, religion and power are contributing to the creation of a global crisis of displacement of unprecedented scale, with a record number of 51.2 million people displaced in 2013.
Secularism, Security and the Limits of the State: The Displacement Crisis and the Role of Religion Part Two
Date: | 03 September 2014 |
Author: | Religion Factor |
Rethinking “security”, the role of the state, the secularist biases that exist in policy and practice around displacement and religion’s potential to address these problems are crucial issues to consider in terms of religion’s intersection with the global crisis of displacement.
Secularism, Security and the Limits of the State: The Displacement Crisis and the Role of Religion Part One
Date: | 01 September 2014 |
Author: | Religion Factor |
Rethinking “security”, the role of the state, the secularist biases that exist in policy and practice around displacement and religion’s potential to address these problems are crucial issues to consider in terms of religion’s intersection with the global crisis of displacement.
The UN Refugee Convention 60 Years On – Time to Rethink Approaches to Protection?
Date: | 25 April 2014 |
Author: | Religion Factor |
This week marks the 60thanniversary of the coming into force of the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Much has changed since the Convention was initially drafted, signed and ratified by states.
The ‘Religion Factor’ and 21st Century Terrorism
Date: | 05 April 2014 |
Author: | Religion Factor |
Research and policy on terrorism in the 21st century seems to assume a strong link to religion and that this somehow makes 21st century terrorism unique in comparison to terrorism from previous historical periods. But is this really the case? Christian Frank explores these issues in today’s post.