Crosscurrents in Majority World and Minority Theology

This year’s session will focus on biblical and theological perspectives on Migration. Four invited presenters will summarize their papers (10 minutes each), followed by round-table discussion (75 minutes) of emerging themes related to migration.

• K. K. Yeo, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Presiding (5 min)
• Gene Green, Trinity International University (Florida), Presiding
• Andrea Smith, University of California Riverside
  Decolonization and Migration (10 min)
• Reggie Williams, McCormick Theological Seminary
  From the Field to the Factory: An Exodus in the Promised Land (10 min)
• Christopher Hays, Fundación Universitaria Seminario Bíblico de Colombia
  Flight from Fear, Finding Hope: A Colombian Theology of Forced Migration (10 min)
• Philip P. Chia, Chung Yuan Christian University
  A Biblical Theology of Migration: An East and Southeast Asian Perspective and Predicament (10 min)
• Discussion (75 min)

This year’s session will focus on biblical and theological perspectives on Land.

• K. K. Yeo, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Introduction (5 min)
• Mitri Raheb, Dar al-Kalima University
  The Bible and Land Colonization (10 min)
• Oscar García-Johnson, Fuller Seminary
  Faith Seeking for Land: A Latinx Decolonial Perspective (10 min)
• H. Daniel Zacharias, Acadia Divinity College
  The Land Takes Care of Us: Recovering Creator’s Relational Design (10 min)
• Hulisani Ramantswana, University of South Africa
• Negotiation and/or Conquest of the Land: Reading the Land of Promise Motif in the Hexateuch through Decolonial Lenses (10 min)
• Discussion (75 min)