Title: Theology and the Invitation of the Stranger
Abstract: Who do we encounter as a stranger? And what is the role or significance of the stranger in moral experience? Many different answers to these questions have emerged within the disciplines of philosophy, psychology, sociology and anthropology. This essay will survey several theological accounts of the stranger’s significance for the moral life. For the sake of brevity it will focus upon themes drawn from Christian theology, both biblical and contemporary. The accounts described here offer widely varied models for understanding the moral import of our encounters with strangers. I will suggest, however, that they also share a common thematic element — namely, that the stranger always stands before us as an invitation.
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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