Roger B. Alfani, PhD, in his Conflicts, Migration, and Refuge: An Interdisciplinary Approach for the Promotion of Peace and Human Dignity in Two Catholic Studies Courses, examines the questions that the forced migration of displaced persons poses for the promotion of human dignity. Recent Catholic teaching follows the tradition in approaching this ethical question in faith, not only theoretically but also practically. Alfani reflects throughout, from the point of view of a refugee, on the complementarity of faith and reason. He illustrates his reflections with helpful references to two of his Seton Hall Catholic studies courses, Christian Peace Stories and Refugees, Religion, and Politics. The promotion of human dignity lies at the root of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. With more than 81 million forcibly displaced people on the planet, forced migration poses one of the biggest threats and global challenges in the twenty-first century to fulfilling this call to promote human dignity. Since the significance of reflecting on issues of forced migration is something neither new nor exclusively reserved to academia or to a given discipline, it is equally a moral responsibility to engage with these issues on the level of faith, both constructively and practically. In other words, faith and reason do not oppose each other when it comes to examining and understanding issues pertaining to forced displacement or concerning refugees; rather, they are complementary, especially through the lenses of the displaced/refugees, who are in a vulnerable position. He makes the case that Catholic studies, as an interdisciplinary program, facilitates these reflections in a dialogic way.

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Conflicts, Migration, and Refuge: An Interdisciplinary Approach for the Promotion of Peace and Human Dignity in Two Catholic Studies Courses

  • Roger B. Alfani

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Roger B. Alfani, PhD, in his Conflicts, Migration, and Refuge: An Interdisciplinary Approach for the Promotion of Peace and Human Dignity in Two Catholic Studies Courses, examines the questions that the forced migration of displaced persons poses for the promotion of human dignity. Recent Catholic teaching follows the tradition in approaching this ethical question in faith, not only theoretically but also practically. Alfani reflects throughout, from the point of view of a refugee, on the complementarity of faith and reason. He illustrates his reflections with helpful references to two of his Seton Hall Catholic studies courses, Christian Peace Stories and Refugees, Religion, and Politics. The promotion of human dignity lies at the root of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. With more than 81 million forcibly displaced people on the planet, forced migration poses one of the biggest threats and global challenges in the twenty-first century to fulfilling this call to promote human dignity. Since the significance of reflecting on issues of forced migration is something neither new nor exclusively reserved to academia or to a given discipline, it is equally a moral responsibility to engage with these issues on the level of faith, both constructively and practically. In other words, faith and reason do not oppose each other when it comes to examining and understanding issues pertaining to forced displacement or concerning refugees; rather, they are complementary, especially through the lenses of the displaced/refugees, who are in a vulnerable position. He makes the case that Catholic studies, as an interdisciplinary program, facilitates these reflections in a dialogic way.