{"title":"Paradigm of Peace, Silly Satire, Text of Terror: Perspectives on Matthew 5:38–48 for Immigrant Populations","authors":"Melanie A. Howard","doi":"10.5325/soundings.101.2.0110","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Given the discourse surrounding immigration in the 2016 presidential election, this article inquires how Jesus's teachings regarding nonresistance to evil and love of enemies (Matthew 5:38–48) may look from a Christian immigrant perspective. The article suggests that there are several possibilities. First, the article investigates peace church perspectives on the Sermon. Second, taking a cue from the Sermon's hyperbolic speech, the article explores reading the Sermon as satire. Finally, the article explores this passage as a \"text of terror\" and concludes that each of these paradigms offer both strengths and drawbacks given the diversity of immigrant experiences.","PeriodicalId":231294,"journal":{"name":"Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5325/soundings.101.2.0110","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:Given the discourse surrounding immigration in the 2016 presidential election, this article inquires how Jesus's teachings regarding nonresistance to evil and love of enemies (Matthew 5:38–48) may look from a Christian immigrant perspective. The article suggests that there are several possibilities. First, the article investigates peace church perspectives on the Sermon. Second, taking a cue from the Sermon's hyperbolic speech, the article explores reading the Sermon as satire. Finally, the article explores this passage as a "text of terror" and concludes that each of these paradigms offer both strengths and drawbacks given the diversity of immigrant experiences.
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