The Border of Our Responsibility: Christian Ethics & Migration
The Candler Foundry in partnership with First United Methodist Church of Lakeland.
Course Information
Course Dates: September 13, 20, 27; October 4, 11, 18 (6 sessions)
Course Time: Tuesdays 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM ET (In-Person)
Course Description
The Hebrew Bible and Christian Scriptures attest our responsibilities to both neighbors and strangers. However, to practice these responsibilities today 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.
Scholarships are available for this course, please email us at candlerfoundry@emory.edu for more information.
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 be taken to the library access portal. If you need any assistance, please contact Cristha Edwards, Coordinator of Digital Initiatives, at candlerfoundry@emory.edu.
Username: bordersofourresponsibilityfall22
Password: foundryaccess11172022
Meet the Instructor: Dr. Bryan Ellrod
Postdoctoral Fellow in Leadership and Character in Pre-Law at Wake Forest University.
Bryan Ellrod is the Postdoctoral Fellow in Leadership and Character in Pre-Law at Wake Forest University. His research engages questions of identity, membership, and responsibility at the intersections of law, religion, and politics. His dissertation, "Can These Bones Live," adopts the southwestern borderlands as a context for theological reflection, asking what it would mean to become neighbors to those who have lost their lives attempting to enter the United States through the Sonoran Desert. He holds a Ph.D., Th.M., and M.Div from Emory University and a B.A. from Florida Southern College. Ellrod resides in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with his wife, Courtney, and their border Collie, Ekko.
If you have any questions about the course, please feel free to contact us at candlerfoundry@emory.edu.
