The Borders of our Responsibility: Christian Ethics & Migration
The Candler Foundry in partnership with the Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Course Information
Course Dates:
October 13 (in person), Oct 20-Nov 17 7:00-8:30 PM ET
Course Time: Thursdays 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET (online)
Course Description
The Hebrew Bible and Christian Scriptures attest our responsibilities to both neighbors and strangers. However, in practice, people of faith must engage complex questions about citizenship and alienage, love and justice, and the relationship between church and state. Meant to be a prelude to responsible action, this course will explore the theological ethics of migration, attending the various goods that make claims on our responsibilities - and the lives that are caught between them.
For more information, please email our Coordinator of Courses in the Community, Damellys Sacriste, at candlerfoundry@emory.edu.
Pitts Theology Library Digital Resource Access
All registered participants in the Courses in the Community program have access to select Pitts Theology Library resources. These resources can be used to research topics, authors, or areas of interest from class discussions. Please click on the link below to be taken to the library access portal. If you need assistance, please contact Cristha Edwards, Coordinator of Digital Initiatives, at candlerfoundry@emory.edu.
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Meet the Instructor
Bryan Ellrod
Bryan Ellrod is a Ph.D. candidate in Ethics & Society at Emory University’s Graduate Division of Religion. His research interests focus on the intersections of Christian social ethics, political theology, and aesthetics. His dissertation, Can These Bones Live? Christian Ethics and a Politics of Responsibility in the U.S. Borderlands, explores deadly contradictions in the American project of self-determination and begins to sketch an alternative form of political subjectivity and practice informed by our responsibility to the lives border securitization denies. Bryan holds a Bachelor of Arts from Florida Southern College and an M.Div. and Th.M. from Emory’s Candler School of Theology.
If you have any questions about the course, please feel free to reach out to Bryan at bryanmellrod@gmail.com.
Session 1
October 13, 2022
Session 1 was live.
