Book Launch: Pentecostal Responses to the Refugee Crisis
Watch the Book Launch!
Being a contributor to this volume has been a great privilege and wonderful experience. And we capped it off recently by getting most of the contributors together for a book launch, which you can watch above.
If you'd like to watch just my six minute presentation on the gender dimensions of displacement, followed by some Q&A, you can begin the video here. Thanks to my friend and fellow scholar Dr. Benjamin Crace for joining the discussion and responding to my presentation with a few questions.
See below for more ways to interact with the book and my chapter.
More information, links, and materials for I Was a Stranger . . .
1) Read my full chapter, "Going Mainstream(ing): Pentecostalism and the Gender Dimensions of Displacement." (used with permission from the publisher)
2) Previous post and excerpt from my chapter
3) If you're going to this year's conference for the Society for Pentecostal Studies at Baylor University, be sure to join myself and other contributors for a book panel where we'll engage the conference's theme by discussing "Reflections on the Practice of Prayer in Situations of Displacement."
My presentation is currently entitled:
“Are You My Mother?”
Reimagining Gendered Language in Pentecostal Prayer
The panel is currently scheduled for Friday, March 13 at 1:45.
Brief Book Summary:
Through an interdisciplinary lens, this volume bridges biblical-theological insights, political and ethical challenges, and practical strategies for action. From reflections on peacemaking and justice to firsthand accounts of ministry at the US-Mexico border, these pages offer a call to action for a faith community compelled to sustain a witness of peace-with-justice.
Whether confronting war, systemic injustice, or climate-driven displacement, this book equips Pentecostals—and all who care about the plight of the stranger—to embody radical hospitality in personal, academic, and ministry contexts.
Written by leading Pentecostal voices, it is a timely and transformative contribution to the Pentecostals, Peacemaking, and Social Justice series.
Buy the Book
You can purchase the book in all formats on Amazon or anywhere books are sold, or direct from the publisher here:
https://wipfandstock.com/9798385222148/i-was-a-stranger-and-you-took-me-in/
Special thanks to the book's editor and visionary, Dr. Lois Olena, for organizing the book launch, upcoming book panel, and providing the images and some other content in this post.
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ABOUT JOSEPH
Pastor, Author, and sometimes pretends to be a Scholar
Joseph (PhD, University of Birmingham) is the author of The Pentecostal Gender Paradox: Eschatology and the Search for Equality.
Since 2015, he and his wife have together pastored Oceanside Community Church on Vancouver Island, where they live with their four children.
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