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Risking to be with Uprooted People
This resource book expands the dialogue between those seeking to understand the causes and consequences of forced displacement of people. It aims to challenge churches to prophetic and practical responses that promote human dignity and sustainable communities. The content of the resource book may be used for Bible studies, sermons, awareness-building workshops, basic material for policy development and advocacy.
Table of contents
PREFACEINTRODUCTION
THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION
1. Members of God's household.
2. Sharing in Solidarity
3. Who is My Neigbour?
4. To be the Church Together
CAUSES OF FORCED DISPLACEMENT TODAY
1. Protection
2. Precipitating Causes
3. A Pervasive 'Culture of Violence'
4. Globalization of the Free Market Economic Model
5. Ethnicity, Religion and the Nation-State
6. The Population Question
7. Environmental Degradation and Disasters
8. Development-induced Displacement
9. Denial of Human Rights and Democracy
THE CONSEQUENCES OF FORCED MIGRATION
1. Traumas for Individuals and Families
2. Issues of Society and State
3. Disruption and Weakening of Communities of Origin
4. Opportunities from Migration
5. Strategies and Opportunities of Exile
SIGNS OF HOPE
1. Awareness-Building in Churches
2. Peacemaking and Peace-Building
3. Resisting the Culture of Violence
4. Countering the Global Economic Market Model
5. Monitoring Corruption
6. Countering Racism
7. Promoting Multiculturalism and Interfaith Dialogue
8. Solidarity and Networking with the Uprooted
9. Empowering Refugees and Migrants to Return
THE CALL TO ACTION
1. Upholding Life and Human Dignity of Uprooted People
2. Working for Justice and Peace
3. Creating Community with the Uprooted
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: International and Regional
Refugee Definitions .
Appendix 2: Refugees and Other Persons of Concern to UNHCR, 1995
Appendix 3: Major Armed Conflicts in 1994
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