I am sometimes asked about books on migration and missions. While I reference many excellent works in Strangers Next Door, here are a few that quickly come to mind and in no particular order. I am certain there are others that deserve to be on this list. What I have overlooked, please post in a comment.
These represent different perspectives. Some are practical; some are scholarly. Some are written by believers and some are not (much helpful information). Start here and dig into their references and bibliographies to go deeper into your study.
Stephen Castles and Mark Miller, The Age of Migration
Matthew Soerens and Jenny Hwang Yang, Welcoming the Stranger
Melvin Ember, Carol Ember, and Ian Skoggard, eds., Encyclopedia of Diasporas (vols 1-2)
Matthew Gibney and Randall Hansen, eds., Immigration and Asylum (vols 1-2)
Tom Philipps and W. Terry Whalin, The World at Your Door
Russell King, ed., The History of Human Migration
M. Daniel Carroll, Christians at the Border
Donna Thomas, Faces in the Crowd
World Relief, The Church Leader’s Guide to Immigration
Lawson Lau, The World at Your Doorstep
James Hoffmeier, The Immigration Crisis
Enoch Wan, ed., Diaspora Missiology
Phillip Connor, Immigrant Faith
Chris Clayman and Meredith Lee, ethNYcity
David Boyd, You Don’t Have to Cross the Ocean to Reach the World
Nashville Baptist Association, The Peoples of Nashville
Enoch Wan and Michael Pocock, eds., Missions from the Majority World
Chandler Im and Amos Young, Global Diasporas and Mission
Thorsten Prill, Global Mission on Our Doorstep
Jehu Hanciles, Beyond Christendom
Luis Pantoja, Jr., Sadiri Joy Tira, and Enoch Wan, eds., Scattered
Sadiri Joy Tira, ed., The Human Tidal Wave
Sadiri Tira, Filipino Kingdom Workers
Sam George and T. V. Thomas, eds., Malayali Diaspora
S. Hun Kim and Wonsuk Ma., eds., Korean Diaspora and Christian Missions
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Thanks for this list. Since early in my missions journey I have considered the internationals among us, that’s any of us believers anywhere. Recent writings on diaspora have recaptured that. Flipping my paradigm, I first became aware of the need to consider missions from the diaspora to elsewhere in ’94. But only recently have I begun to really consider the fuller implications. Your list is encouraging to see that there are Christian thinkers sounding the call for such engagement.
Thanks for sharing, Randy.