Mark has written 5 books
Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics
Scripture calls us to expand the borders of our lives to enfold refugees and vulnerable immigrants.
The global crises of forced displacement is growing every day. At the same time, Western Christians' sympathy toward refugees is increasingly overshadowed by concerns about personal and national security, economics, and culture. We urgently need a perspective that understands both Scripture and current political realities and that can be applied at the levels of the church, the nation, and the globe.
In Refuge Reimagined, Mark R. Glanville and Luke Glanville offer a new approach to compassion for displaced people: a biblical ethic of kinship. God's people, they argue, are consistently called to extend kinship—a mutual responsibility and solidarity—to those who are marginalized and without a home. Drawing on their respective expertise in Old Testament studies and international relations, the two brothers engage a range of disciplines to demonstrate how this ethic is consistently conveyed throughout the Bible and can be practically embodied today.
Glanville and Glanville apply the kinship ethic to issues such as the current mission of the church, national identity and sovereignty, and possibilities for a cooperative global response to the refugee crisis. Challenging the fear-based ethic that often motivates Christian approaches, they envision a more generous, creative, and hopeful way forward. Refuge Reimagined will equip students, activists, and anyone interested in refugee issues to understand the biblical model for communities and how it can transform our world.
"The lens of kinship with refugees that Mark and Luke Glanville offer has the potential to be revolutionary.”
—Jarrod McKenna, host of the InVerse Podcast
“Essential reading for all who are concerned with the plight of refugees and asylum seekers in an age of displacement."
—Mark G. Brett, author of Political Trauma and Healing: Biblical Ethics for a Postcolonial World
"It is rare to find a single book that is as rich in biblical scholarship as it is well informed on one of the most urgent global issues of our generation, and rarer still to read one that is so effective in bringing the two into such constructive, creative, and hope-filled interaction.”
—Christopher J. H. Wright, author of The Mission of God