1st Edition

Religious Ethics and Migration Doing Justice to Undocumented Workers

By Ilsup Ahn Copyright 2014
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

What does it mean to provide justice for undocumented workers who have been living among us without proper legal documentation? How can we do justice to the undocumented migrants who have been doing the low-skilled, low-paid jobs unwanted by citizens? Why should we even try to do justice for people who violate the laws of the society? Religious Ethics and Migration: Doing Justice to... Read more

Introduction  Part I: Theory  1. Economy of Invisible Debt and Ethics of Radical Hospitality: Toward a Paradigm Change of Hospitality from "Gift" to "Forgiveness"  2. Forgiveness as the Political Responsibility: Iris Marion Young’s Social Connection Model and the Case of Undocumented Migration  3. Documenting Justice for Undocumented Migrants: Having a Critical Discourse with Contemporary Theories of Justice from Rawls to Nussbaum  Part II: Issues  4. The Democratic Inclusion of the Other and the Case of Arizona Immigration Law: Habermas, Derrida, and a Christian Ethical Response  5. Reconstructing the Religious Right to Express Compassion: The Employer Sanctions Law and a Theological Critique  6. Specters of Racism in the U.S. History of Immigration: Foucault on Denaturalizing the Biopolitics of State Racism  7. Theology and Universal Solidarity: Allen, Hauerwas, and Cavanaugh on the Theological Connection Model of Responsibility

Biography

Ilsup Ahn is Carl I. Lindberg Associate Professor of Philosophy at North Park University, US

"Ahn’s book is an important contribution to the Christian debate on immigration. For those looking for a rigorous theoretical framework from which to enter the U.S. immigration debate, Ahn’s book will be intellectually rewarding. While the density of moral and political theorizing can often muddle calls to social justice, Ahn’s book proves that theory, at its best, can animate life toward solidarity, hospitality, and compassion." –Ki Joo Choi, Seton Hall University, USA