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...

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Subtitles:"Special issue: Forced migration, political power and the Book of Jeremiah"
Main Author: Rowlands, Anna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2018]
In: Political theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Issue: 6, Pages: 517-536
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B London / Refugee / Detention / Helplessness / Jeremiah / Spirituality
IxTheo 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
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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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.
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
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2018.1502908