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The Blessing of the Other

A Response to Samuel Escobar's 'Mission Fields on the Move'

To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation's lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent Christianity Today magazine or the Lausanne Movement. They are designed to stimulate discussion from all points of the compass and from different segments of the Christian community. Please add your perspective by posting a comment so that we can learn and grow together in the unity of the Spirit.

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Selected writers respond to J. Samuel Escobar from around the globe.

Samuel Escobar offers three challenges to the church in his essay on migration: the challenge to show compassion toward migrants, the need to take a prophetic stance against unjust treatment of immigrants, ...

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Samuel Escobar raised one of the main challenges of migration, which is the acceptance of the "other"—the one different from us. Migrants, as the "other," are often regarded as threats by the indigenous ...

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Since the 1960s human migratory flows have remained at historically unprecedented levels due mainly to decolonization, economic globalization, global demographic trends, environmental disasters, armed ...

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I first read Samuel Escobar's timely article aboard a flight from Toronto, Ontario, bound for Edmonton, Alberta. Flying across Canada, a nation touted for its "vigorous immigration policy" and official ...

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