Borderlands Institute Webinar- Justice as Responsibility: Migration, History, and Ethics

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Date(s) - 12/02/2021
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Borderlands Institute

This semester, the Borderlands Institute is hosting a webinar series “Responsibility and Immigration–Briefs” that is designed to addresses pressing issues of the day—including racism and xenophobia, child migration, gender and sexuality, and climate-driven migration along the U.S./Mexico borderlands.

The Webinars are free, and registration is required. A suggested reading chosen by the presenters will be available prior to each presentation to provide added background on the respective topic.

Justice as Responsibility: Migration, History, and Ethics

Tisha M. Rajendra

Associate Professor Department of Theology, Loyola University Chicago

December 2, 2021 (11:00-12:00pm CST)

Tisha M. Rajendra is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Loyola University Chicago. She is the author of Migrants and Citizens: Justice as Responsibility in the Ethics of Immigration (Eerdmans, 2017) and has published in the Journal for the Society of Christian Ethics, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice and Political Theology. Her research areas include the ethics of migration, solidarity, virtue ethics, and philosophical and theological theories of justice. She is currently working on her second book, a volume on solidarity as practiced by fragmented selves in contexts of injustice.