RT Article
T1 Undocumented Prudent Immigrants: De-Centering Romans 13 and Rule of Law in Immigration Ethics
JF Studies in Christian ethics
VO 36
IS 1
SP 62
OP 83
A1 Butner, D. Glenn
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1835663079
AB Romans 13:1-7, which commands subjection to governing authorities, can be given too much weight in the moral analysis of undocumented immigrants. This article considers Romans 13 in the broader context of Romans and of the biblical canon to show biblical reasons for permitting civil disobedience toward immigration law. Rather than viewing undocumented immigrants as universally immoral lawbreakers, these biblical factors combined with analysis of civil disobedience for the preservation of life, legal ambiguities arising from competing jurisdictions, and other socio-political factors show that it may be a prudent action for undocumented immigrants to disobey immigration law.
K1 Rule of law
K1 Civil Disobedience
K1 Prudence
K1 Christian Ethics
K1 Romans 13
K1 UNDOCUMENTED immigrants
K1 Immigration
K1 Emigration
DO 10.1177/09539468221122319