Christianity and the Refugee Crisis

Abstract

This introductory article serves two specific purposes. First, it orients the reader to the complex topic addressed in this special issue – the problem of human displacement in general, and more specifically the current global refugee crisis. Second, it speaks in support of addressing human displacement from a theological perspective. The special issue hereby introduced is the result of two theological conferences that have addressed precisely such concerns – the 2016 and 2017 Stott-Bediako fora, under the title The Refugee Crisis: A Shared Human Condition.