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Advocating For Dreamers: A Wesleyan Approach To U.S. Immigration Reform, Rebekah Clapp
Advocating For Dreamers: A Wesleyan Approach To U.S. Immigration Reform, Rebekah Clapp
The Asbury Journal
This paper argues that Wesley's theology supports radical hospitality toward all U.S. immigrants, regardless of documentation. Specifically, the emphasis John Wesley placed on loving one's neighbor forces us to consider the immigrant's well being alongside our own. Additionally, his understanding of liberty calls for Christians to support human flourishing for all people. Further, Wesley's argument that all humanity is to be considered equal rejects any idea of superiority or supremacy as justification for withholding hospitality. Finally, in John Welsey's daily spiritual practices, he emphasized care for society's most vulnerable members- who must, in contemporary times, include the immigrant. In John …