Refugees as Locus Theologicus
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2023-07-30
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This thesis is about the refugee’s perspective on faith. It considers this within the theological context of Migration Theology. The focus is on Christian refugees from Iraq and Syria who live in Lebanon. The research distinguishes between refugees who are ‘on their way’ and migrants who already reached a new country. The aim is twofold: (1) to gather more knowledge through fieldwork about the changing Christian faith of Syrian and Iraqi refugees; (2) to consider whether Migrant Theology should pay more attention to refugees, considering Migrant theology as professional theology and the Iraqi and Syrian refugees as peoples’ theology, and if so, in what way. First of all, a literature review is presented. In the second chapter, the results of the fieldwork in Lebanon are analyzed. The last chapter connects the literature review to the fieldwork. In conclusion, this thesis shows that refugees’ experience as peoples’ theology is relevant to Migrant Theology as professional theology. Migration Theology can learn from its nuance: that migrants are on the way, searching for a new home without certainty; they are dwelling in a nobody’s land where God takes care of them; they are daring to question God, but keep holding on to their faith, patiently; and they have rituals, without any material attachment and with positivity and thankfulness.
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Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen