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Temporality, Dispossession and the Search for the Good: Interpreting the Book of Jeremiah with the Jesuit Refugee Service

Rowlands, Anna

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This article explores potential connections between the experience of contemporary forced migrants subject to destitution and detention policies in the UK and readings of the biblical text, including the Book of Jeremiah. Drawing from fieldwork interviews conducted in London, it notes the significance of Jeremiah 29 to and its interpretation by interviewees. In dialogue with other articles in this volume and based on the insights of those interviewed for this project, the article considers the figure of Jeremiah as a critical figure in debate about forced migration and the Book of Jeremiah. It concludes with a proposal for connecting the narratives of contemporary forced migrants, readings of the text of Jeremiah, and the work of Simone Weil.

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Rowlands, A. (2018). Temporality, Dispossession and the Search for the Good: Interpreting the Book of Jeremiah with the Jesuit Refugee Service. Political Theology, 19(6), 517-536. https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317x.2018.1502908

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 24, 2018
Online Publication Date Aug 21, 2018
Publication Date Aug 21, 2018
Deposit Date May 24, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Political Theology
Print ISSN 1462-317X
Electronic ISSN 1743-1719
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 19
Issue 6
Pages 517-536
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317x.2018.1502908

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