Rowlands, Anna (2018) 'Temporality, dispossession and the search for the good : interpreting the Book of Jeremiah with the Jesuit Refugee Service.', Political theology., 19 (6). pp. 517-536.
Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Full text: | (AM) Accepted Manuscript Download PDF (662Kb) |
| Status: | Peer-reviewed |
| Publisher Web site: | https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317x.2018.1502908 |
| Publisher statement: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Political Theology on 21 Aug 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1462317x.2018.1502908. |
| Date accepted: | 24 May 2018 |
| Date deposited: | 24 May 2018 |
| Date of first online publication: | 21 August 2018 |
| Date first made open access: | 21 February 2020 |
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