Critical Reflection on Our Responses to the Syrian Crisis: Attitudes, Labels, and a Parable
This article takes a look at our responses to the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon from the "micro" - or grassroots - level. Specifically, it examines how our attitudes and approaches, as responders, affect the lived experience of others during this extraordinarily sensitive time of displa...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Sage
[2018]
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Transformation
Jahr: 2018, Band: 35, Heft: 2, Seiten: 133-139 |
IxTheo Notationen: | HC Neues Testament KBL Naher Osten; Nordafrika NCC Sozialethik |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Lebanon
B War B Refugees B Adversity Activated Development B Trauma B Syria |
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Zusammenfassung: | This article takes a look at our responses to the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon from the "micro" - or grassroots - level. Specifically, it examines how our attitudes and approaches, as responders, affect the lived experience of others during this extraordinarily sensitive time of displacement. Three areas of reflection are discussed: the reductionist approach to identity, the pathologizing of those who go through suffering, and finally the exploration of a biblical understanding of integration, by looking at the parable of the workers in the vineyard ((Mt 20:1-16). In such a dynamic, restorative, and Christ-like community, both those "workers" who arrived early and those who arrived late are equally valued. |
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ISSN: | 1759-8931 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Transformation
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0265378818783591 |