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Luke Bretherton takes a theological view on borders and mass migration

BrethertonWriting for the Australian Religion and Ethics blog, KIE Senior Fellow Luke Bretherton (Divinity) looks at global migration and the idea of borderlessness through a Christian lens.

I will suggest we need a way of valuing our particular political community in relation to other nations and ultimately in relation to God, and that such a framework will enable us to make appropriate decisions about how to respect and value existing citizens and fulfil our duty of care to the refugee and vulnerable stranger from outside our country who nevertheless who seek a new life within our country.