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NETS Theological Research Papers
In 2008 many people in Africa and elsewhere were shocked when they saw on their televisions how Zimbabwean, Mozambican and Malawian immigrants were attacked, robbed and beaten up in South African townships. This eruption of xenophobic violence against millions of fellow Southern Africans was unheard of. Some authors have claimed that stereotyping and vilifying language in the Bible contributed to these xenophobic attacks. In this research paper. Thorsten Prill shows that the biblical teaching actually rejects racism and promotes acceptance beyond ethnic and social boundaries.
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Diversity means the fact of many different types of things or people being included in something; a range of different things or people. Identity is associated with something individual. Migration is the movement of people into another country or region that are not native. It is a phenomenon that has occurred since ancient times and is caused by something painful that affects the inhabitant of an area. This is usually a plague, climatic phenomena, hunger, thirst or war. As the world becomes increasingly urbanized, societies tend to become more and more diverse culturally, politically, religiously and economically, and pluralism is becoming the order of the day in all these spheres. In a migrating word diversity comes close to identity and then the discussion about the limits of its one begins. The Bible provides us with a good number of narratives as to the way in which diversity is caused, how the identity of biblical Israel has been shaped, and characteristic examples of biblical forms that have led to migration. A typical example of all is Jesus Christ Himself, who in his teaching has demonstrated how modern man ought to stand on issues such as diversity, identity and migration.
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Immigration continues to be hotly debated in American society. The Bible is often invoked as an authoritative source for Christians on how to think about immigration in order apply biblical teachings to public policy today. Yet few understand the complexity of the biblical content, or are capable of handling the texts responsibly. This paper surveys the Old Testament material on immigration as well as explores the difficulties of application to modern contexts.
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