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By M. Jan Holton

What is it in regards to the idea of “home” that makes its loss so profound and devastating, and the way should still the trauma of exile and alienation be approached theologically? M. Jan Holton examines the mental, social, and theological effect of compelled displacement on groups within the Congo and South Sudan and on indigenous Batwa tribespersons in Uganda, in addition to on homeless U.S. voters and on U.S. squaddies getting back from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. She attracts on ethnographic paintings in Africa, huge examine in sensible theology, sociology, and psychology, in addition to on expert paintings and private studies in the US and abroad.  In doing so she explores how pressured displacement disrupts one’s reference to the house position and the profound features it fosters which could aid humans lean towards flourishing spiritually and psychologically all through their lifetime. Displacement invitations a social alienation that could develop into deeply institutionalized, threatening the ethical health people all. Longing For Home bargains a body for figuring out how groups can reply to refugees and numerous homeless populations by means of cultivating hospitality outdoor in their personal convenience zones. This crucial examine addresses an pressing interreligious worldwide obstacle and Holton’s considerate and compelling paintings bargains a confident version for a sustained useful response.

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